Madeleine Albright: “We are living through a time of monumental change across the world.”

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

When it comes to holding fair elections, there is no comparison: denial of the franchise, not deception at the polls, is by far the bigger problem.

I do believe that we need to see this as an opportunity, and I think that the pandemic has, in fact, proven the importance of having more cooperative activity.

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