Madeleine Albright: “Support for democracy serves both our interests and our ideals.”

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.

The failure to pay our old U.N. bills undermines our ability to recruit allies with the kind of structural reform that Congress demands.

I think he wanted the right thing for America, I think he was a genuine patriot.

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.