From Ukraine to Syria, he [Vladimir Putin] is behaving like the world's new general and celebrating victories, while the American president sits on the sidelines and Europe sleeps. The West's behavior toward Putin is political and moral capitulation.

[Vladimir] Putin needs wars to legitimize his position.

Russia is a mafia state today, and Putin is its top godfather.

If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it.

Rhetoric matters, but at the end of the day policy matters more.

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy.