• In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.

    Condoleezza Rice: In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.
    "Israeli-Palestinian Talks Could Be Delayed". Interview with Alison Stewart, Luke Burbank, www.npr.org. October 15, 2007.