Madeleine Albright: “Freedom is perhaps the clearest expression of national purpose ever adopted and it's America's purpose.”

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.

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.

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.