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We must help women in every society to have their voices heard. — Madeleine Albright

There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up. — 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. — Madeleine Albright

Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference. — Madeleine Albright

So there really was a whole series of things that took the women of my generation a little bit of time to push forward. — Madeleine Albright

The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up. — Madeleine Albright

The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran. — Madeleine Albright

Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies. — Madeleine Albright

Our collective experience has shown that when women have the power to make their own choices, good things happen. — Madeleine Albright

What's the point of having this superb military you're always talking about, if we can't use it? — Madeleine Albright

Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume. — Madeleine Albright

I'm a problem-solver. — Madeleine Albright

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women. — Madeleine Albright

Mahmoud Abbas is a puppet. — Madeleine Albright

My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam. — Madeleine Albright

What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change. — Madeleine K. Albright

If diplomacy is the art of persuading others to act as we would wish, effective foreign policy requires that we comprehend why others act as they do — Madeleine K. Albright

I picked out my Halloween costume. I'm going as 'Slutty Madeleine Albright.' — Conan O'Brien

I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems. — Madeleine Albright

NATO has been a thread throughout my life. — Madeleine Albright

The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize. — Madeleine Albright

I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there. — Madeleine Albright

To put it mildly, the world is a mess — Madeleine Albright

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen. — Madeleine Albright

Leaders are made by the situations they are involved in. I think that some rise to the occasion and some do not. — Madeleine Albright

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice. — Madeleine Albright

What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore. — Madeleine Albright

Disgusting Serbs, get out! — Madeleine K. Albright

Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room. — Madeleine Albright

I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them. — Madeleine K. Albright

I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair. — Madeleine Albright

I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans. — Madeleine Albright

The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long. — Madeleine K. Albright

Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing. — Madeleine Albright

I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father. — Madeleine Albright

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture. — Madeleine Albright

Armageddon is not a foreign policy. — Madeleine Albright

The purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want. — Madeleine Albright

Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not. — Madeleine Albright

Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing. — Madeleine Albright

I am by nature a worried optimist ... — Madeleine Albright

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever. — Madeleine Albright

I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us. — Madeleine Albright

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight. — Madeleine Albright

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak. — Madeleine Albright

I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below. — Madeleine Albright

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic. — Madeleine Albright

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave. — Madeleine Albright

We must be authors of the history of our age. — Madeleine Albright

To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French. — Madeleine Albright

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation. — Madeleine Albright

I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated. — Madeleine Albright

Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about. — Madeleine Albright

Only in America could a refugee girl from Central Europe become secretary of state. — Madeleine Albright

When Hillary served as Secretary of State, I watched her partner with President Obama to restore our country's reputation around the world. — Madeleine Albright

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.' — Madeleine Albright

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order. — Madeleine Albright

Glass ceilings have been broken, but more have to be broken. — Madeleine Albright

I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it away from the building. — Madeleine Albright

I can't go out with a Republican. — Madeleine Albright

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor. — Madeleine Albright

I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country. — Madeleine Albright

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered. — Madeleine Albright

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country. — Madeleine Albright

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. — Madeleine Albright

I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder ... Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice. — Madeleine Albright

The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea. — Madeleine Albright

As former secretary of state Madeleine Albright once said, "There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."14 — Sheryl Sandberg

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central. — Madeleine Albright

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference. — Madeleine Albright

Take it from someone who fled the Iron Curtain: I know what happens when you give the Russians a green light. — Madeleine Albright

Women today are bombarded with so many messages, like we should have Naomi Campbell's body and Madeleine Albright's career. — Helen Fielding

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important. — Madeleine Albright

We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction. — Madeleine Albright

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America. — Madeleine Albright

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me. — Madeleine Albright

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy. — Madeleine Albright

The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom. — Madeleine Albright

Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk. — Madeleine Albright

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 other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think men do that particularly. — Madeleine Albright

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy. — Madeleine Albright

There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess. — Madeleine Albright

What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism. — Madeleine Albright

It takes more than one dove to make peace in the Middle East. — Madeleine Albright

I am the only high-ranking U.S. official to ever meet with Kim Jong-il, and we are the same height and both wear high heels. — Madeleine Albright

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view. — Madeleine Albright

Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time. — Madeleine Albright

Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember - there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other. — Madeleine Albright

I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done. — Madeleine Albright

Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments. — Madeleine Albright

As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone. — Madeleine Albright

Libraries are fun, educational, and the biggest bargain on the face of the earth. — Madeleine Albright

I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home. — Madeleine Albright

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile. — Madeleine Albright

I don't actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized. — Madeleine Albright

Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility. — Madeleine Albright

Democracy cannot be built on revenge and you will not have the support of the world if you are intolerant and take the law into your own hands. — Madeleine Albright

So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president. — Madeleine Albright

I think I've revived the costume-jewelry industry. — Madeleine Albright