Internal reform in Russia would require a better relationship with the West. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Don't mistake the Russia you want to exist for the Russia that there actually is. Be realistic. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
They [Russians] are the adversary, they - we're the adversary they love to hate. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Russia despises the West. And is doing what it can to weaken the West. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Putinsim is not necessarily the end state for Russia. Russia has moved in many directions since the early 1980s. — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
In my view, [Vladimir] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
It's said that Putin can't stand Hillary Clinton. I don't know that for a fact, but it certainly looks that way, but… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
We Americans are focused on Russia's attacks with our electoral system and we're consumed with that. But Russia is pushing against the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
We should not assume that Russia is doomed to live according to its worst traditions. In fact, in Russian history, failed efforts… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
[Russians] want to bring us down to make them feel better about the failure of the Soviet Union. I don't mean bring… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
The sense the great democracies of the world - Europe, the United States, Japan, others - are going to set the agenda… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I am not one of these people that believes that Russia is doomed, or somehow, you know, inevitably disposed to act according… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Russia could be, in fact, it would have to be a different Russia, but it could be a splendid ally. I will… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Russia comes from a place of deep resentment against the West, in general, and the United States in particular. They are rapacious,… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
[Russians would like to] undermine the West and its institutions, create doubts about NATO, create doubts about the European Union, support nationalists… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
The Russian myth that they broadcast to the world, and have their various surrogates in the West repeat, is that somehow the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Russia committed an act of aggression in Ukraine, and that's the first time since 1945 a European country has seized the territory… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
ISIS is the near-term threat, and that the longer - or the mid-term challenge is managing the rise of China. There's some… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Russia is an aggressive revisionist power. And they are working - there's evidence they're working to interfere not just in our electoral… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
If we blunt Russian efforts now to be aggressive, we may be pleasantly surprised by the policy options that become available to… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
The Russians are using the tools at their disposal to weaken Western solidarity, to create doubt, to support nationalist parties, just as… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I am not against working with Russia in areas of common interests at the same time. We're smart enough, or we should… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Sanctions are a strong and agreed element of the West's response to Russia's aggression. It is puzzling to me that there is… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Nothing can be taken for granted and this great achievement is now under assault by Russia. But what we did in my… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong when the Trump administration says it wants to find areas of common ground to work with Russia -… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I believe the liberal international order is under assault from Russia, and from other authoritarian regimes, and it is being questioned from… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
We're a little bit low in the 1970s, right, post-Vietnam, Watergate era, malaise, all that, but this is more like the 1930s where the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
[Russians] want to bring us down to make them feel better about the failure of the Soviet Union. I don't mean bring us down… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
It was my honor to have done what I could do to help. I learned to never underestimate the possibility of change, that values… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
The West in its modern form since 1945 is a miracle, and that's in our American interests. It's its good that the West is… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
Nothing can be taken for granted and this great achievement is now under assault by Russia. But what we did in my time is… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
George W. Bush tried working with the Russians after 9/11; Obama had the reset. Both presidents achieved less than they wanted, but they both… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
I am not one of these people that believes that Russia is doomed, or somehow, you know, inevitably disposed to act according to its… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
In my view, [Vladimir] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our liberal values,… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
[Russians would like to] undermine the West and its institutions, create doubts about NATO, create doubts about the European Union, support nationalists on the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
Republicans - Reagan but also George W. Bush - believed in freedom, and they believed in America's role. To have the governing party speak… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and… — Daniel Fried Copy Share
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