I think Vladimir Putin will give up power.

I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.

Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to survive and thrive, it must not be either side's outpost against the other - it should function as a bridge between them.

Even paranoid people have enemies.

One of the hardest things for the president is to distinguish the routine issues that come through from the essential issues that affect the long term, and not to let himself get sucked into the battles of the bureaucracy for marginal issues, and to keep them focused and to keep his mind clear on what the fundamental things are that he has to accomplish.

If you control the oil you control the country; if you control food, you control the population.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.