Madeleine Albright: “Genocide is a--once genocide breaks out, it is very hard to stop.”

I don't think it's a western concept that we're too pushy about. I don't believe you can ever be too pushy about democracy.

I have always been a grateful American, and I was taught by my father to appreciate both the fragility of democracy and its resilience.

The time is right to revive that sense of solidarity.

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.