American democracy Quote by Jonathan Chait

You've gotta understand what Putin's strategy is. He really doesn't like democracy. He thinks it's an inconvenient, messy process. And he doesn't like us,…

— Stephen Colbert

It should come as no surprise that Russia continues its effort to manipulate Western democracies in a way to sow discord and disagreements between…

— Tom Cotton

The small and bullying leader of Russia is now dictating terms to the United States, to the point where all the United States of…

— Mike Pence

The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work.

— Phil Donahue

We have for decades now, and I've dealt with the Russians for 35 years, we have from time to time been able to, even…

— Ashton Carter

As you are well aware Russia is actively working to undermine our democracy and hurt American businesses at the same time. Now more than…

— Amy Klobuchar

I think that Putin's strategy has been throwing a lot of money, fairly haphazardly, at a lot of projects aimed at disrupting Western relations…

— Masha Gessen

My hope is that the president-elect [Donald Trump] coming in takes a similarly constructive approach, finding areas where we can cooperate with Russia, where…

— Barack Obama

America is carrying out policies against Russia and its leadership. They know I'm among those ready to give my life for Russia and that…

— Ramzan Kadyrov

My hope is the Trump administration will approach Russia strategically, with a clear purpose of trying to find more common ground, but without giving…

— John F. Kerry

The United States must look beyond Mr. Putin. His regime may appear imposing, but it is rotting inside. His Russia is not a great…

— John McCain

We have Mr. Putin in Russia. And he appears to be a popular president of Russia. And I don't think it's the business of…

— Pat Buchanan