Benefits Quote by Rachel Maddow
![“[Dan fried] is the department's foremost Russia expert and he, too, is now leaving at a time when arguably the State Department needs it most, the State Department will not have the benefit of his insight going forward.” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/767/rachel-maddow-1240_benefits_dan-fried-is-the-department-s-foremost-r_2500099.jpg)
“[Dan fried] is the department's foremost Russia expert and he, too, is now leaving at a time when arguably the State Department needs it most, the State Department will not have the benefit of his insight going forward.”
![“[Dan Fried ]is a pillar of the U.S. State Department. He's part of its institutional memory. He has been in the room for basically every important negotiation, every standoff, every big development, particularly between the United States and Russia for decades.” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a59/rachel-maddow-1240_bigs_dan-fried-is-a-pillar-of-the-u-s-state-d_1270135.jpg)
![“The new [Donald Trump] administration may not want the benefit of [Dan Fried] expertise in terms of figuring out what Russia is up to with us right now but I do. I mean, we can all benefit from it as a country as we figure out what's going on right now with this presidency and with Russia in…” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/953/rachel-maddow-1240_administration_the-new-donald-trump-administration-may_3195587.jpg)
![“I'm not sure, but [Russia] might be happy to see this guy [Dan Fried] exiting stage left.” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/255/rachel-maddow-1240_guy_i-m-not-sure-but-russia-might-be-happy-t_1010654.jpg)
![“The [Donald] Trump folks chose not to keep [Dan Fried] on. He was actually - I said he was actually the third-most senior diplomat in the foreign service.” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/543/rachel-maddow-1240_diplomats_the-donald-trump-folks-chose-not-to-keep_1190463.jpg)
![“After [Dan Fried] was initially hired into the Foreign Service in 1977, five subsequent presidents of both parties thought it would be a good idea to keep him on. That his deep understanding, his knowledge of all the players and so many of the secrets it would make him an indispensable asset…” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bb4/rachel-maddow-1240_assets_after-dan-fried-was-initially-hired-into_897226.jpg)
![“Given how we know Russia feels about the State Department, seeing what's happening to the State Department under this current [Donald Trump] administration is worrying and raises all sorts of questions about the connections between this current administration and Russia.” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/46f/rachel-maddow-1240_administration_given-how-we-know-russia-feels-about-the_314356.jpg)
![“Russia and [Vladimir] Putin's antipathy toward Hillary Clinton from her time as secretary of state, Russia's antipathy and loathing and fear of the U.S. State Department in general, those two - those things that we know about Russia they put a worrying cast over how successfully the new…” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/368/rachel-maddow-1240_administration_russia-and-vladimir-putin-s-antipathy-to_1533034.jpg)
![“Ben Carson also denounced [Donald] Trump's ban all Muslims proposal saying we do not and would not advocate being selective on one's religion.” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d7/rachel-maddow-1240_bans_ben-carson-also-denounced-donald-trump-s_674.jpg)
![“Senator [Tom] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but he now says, despite these marathon all-night sessions going on in the House, Republicans need to do better, they need to start over, they need to come up with…” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ba0/rachel-maddow-1240_affordable_senator-tom-cotton-has-campaigned-on-wan_18158.jpg)
![“[Tom Cotton] has been an absolute champion of the idea of getting rid of Obamacare, scrapping the Affordable Care Act.” quote by Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a13/rachel-maddow-1240_absolutes_tom-cotton-has-been-an-absolute-champion_30724.jpg)
![“[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could, and still things get worse in Tibet." If you look at it from one point of view, as he himself says, his monastic position of forbearance and nonviolence hasn't reaped any…” quote by Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9fe/pico-iyer-1252_benefits_the-dalai-lama-told-me-some-years-ago-i_678.jpg)
