No matter how hard I try, no matter how many protocols I break, I will never have the real power in this government.[to Senator Henshaw]
With all respect, this isn’t the first time I wasn’t in Moscow.[Leonid Surikov: The peace between our nations is a fragile one. For the sake of preserving it, you were never here. Understood?]
We have to examine every angle, consider every possibility. Especially the one that’s staring us right in our face.[to Alena]
Unstable governments are nothing more than the greatest of opportunities.
There is no version of this job that doesn’t require compromise, not if you want to do something that matters.
The thing about being an exile is it doesn’t just mean you are away from home. It means you have no home to come back to.
I’m cool with the dieting. I’m cool with the meditation. You start quoting philosophy, I have to worry. [to James Greer]
Easier to invent a new life for yourself if nobody’s looking.
