Madeleine Albright: “I have always been a grateful American, and I was taught by my father to appreciate both the fragility of democracy and…”

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

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

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.