Madeleine Albright: “I do think that we need to stand up for what is in the Taiwan Relations Act and make very clear that that relationship…”

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.

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.

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

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.