Madeleine Albright: “A democracy is always a journey.”

Putin is small and pale, so cold as to be almost reptilian, embarrassed by what happened to his country and determined to restore its greatness.

The problem with a 'pale, male, and Yale' State Department is that it is a direct affront to the American values of democracy, opportunity and, yes, diversity.

I think he wanted the right thing for America, I think he was a genuine patriot.

Corruption is the cancer of democracy, and I think it is something that has to be worked on very actively.