Madeleine Albright: “I have not found that being a woman is a handicap. In fact, I've found it a terrific gender to be.”

There is a movement on the other side. There is kind of rising nationalism in a number of different countries.

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.

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.

Colin Powell's legacy of service to the country he loved will long survive his passing.