The general principle is that the victors don't look at themselves or concede anything. The defeated typically have to, except when it's beneficial to the powerful for them not to.

There was great anxiety about Russian intervention in the recent German elections, perhaps contributing to the frightening surge of support for the right-wing nationalist, if not neo-fascist, "Alternative for Germany".

Farming out atrocities to paramilitaries is standard operating procedure.

Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.

I'm into eating as little as possible... I never cook. Never use the stove or anything.

I'll have 15 letters today from mostly young kids who don't like what's going on and want to do something about it, and [they ask me] if I can give them some advice as to what they should do, or can I tell them what to read or something.

Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential.