Madeleine Albright quotes - page 4

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered. (Madeleine Albright)
One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason.
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I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank.
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I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
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Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.
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Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed. (Madeleine Albright)
People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
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I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.
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NATO has been a thread throughout my life.
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I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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I am such a political person.
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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
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If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues.
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I also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don't.
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Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments. (Madeleine Albright)
I'm a problem-solver.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
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