Madeleine Albright: “I do believe in American leadership, but not in the way that, you know, we do all the work and the heavy lifting.”

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.

On Kosovo, our shared goal should be for it to become a normal country in the United Nations, part of the regular international system, and with all the rights of international law to defend its territory.

The importance of democracy is that it establishes a rule of law.