Madeleine Albright: “NATO is, above all, an alliance of democracies. Public discussion is a key attribute of democracy.”

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

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

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.

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