Madeleine Albright quotes - page 3

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe. (Madeleine Albright)
The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.
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For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.
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I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
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I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.
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Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.
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I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.
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If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time. (Madeleine Albright)
The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.
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For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.
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Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.
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For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.
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I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
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I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am. (Madeleine Albright)
As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.
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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.
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