Madeleine Albright: “I am for assistance, I am for negotiation, I am for sanctions. I think we have to be very careful not to exacerbate the…”

But in the vast majority of cases, support for democracy serves both our interests and our ideals.

Our rivals will not soon let the world forget the spectacle of American democracy under siege from within.

You cannot impose democracy. That is an oxymoron.

Like other authoritarians, he equates his well-being with that of the nation, opposition with treason. Because he believes that the U.S. dominates its own region by force, he thinks Russia has the same right.