Madeleine Albright: “America has always been able to lead the world because we spoke and listened to people from vastly different cultures.”

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.

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

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.

A democracy is always a journey.