If you put on the military uniform, you're a prima facie hero. Generals are the epitome of that. They're the ones who have been most successful at the soldier's trade.

Americans knock themselves out, especially since 9/11, praising the military.

Everything that happens today is like something in the past, but it's also unlike things in the past. We never know until an event happens if it's the similarities or differences that matter more.

When you look at the development of the American presidency, you see that the presidents who have had the greatest impact are the ones who fit their times most successfully.

Lukashenko is very much like Trump, because democracy and Trump are incompatible things.

To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up.

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.