Challenges Quote by Michael McFaul

I don't worry about superpower confrontation. You know, I lived through the Cold War days, and where everybody was worried about a Soviet Union…

— George H. W. Bush

The president-elect seems to want Russia as a friend. President Obama arguably has not wanted to say that Russia is that great of a…

— Steve Inskeep

Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership…

— John McCain

I believe that Trump is a danger. I believe that he wants to tighten and build up his relationship to Russia for whatever reasons.

— Maxine Waters

It's more of a strength model to say that [Vladimir] Putin will do what it takes to defend his country. But that's why Putin…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

A few months ago, when you were asked whats the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia.

— Barack Obama

We have to have a president who is clear that you don't deal with Russia based on staring into his eyes and seeing his…

— Barack Obama

America is not really a strong enough state for us to regard it as an enemy of Russia.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

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

— Phil Donahue

I don't think Russia is setting this as a goal; I don't think this should be Russia's goal. I think even the United States…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

I don't understand what the president's [Donald Trump] position is on Russia. But I can tell you what my position is on Russia: Russia…

— Benjamin E. Sasse

Many observers believe that the greatest damage Russia has done to U.S. interests in recent years stems from the Kremlin's interference in the 2016…

— Ivo Daalder