Madeleine Albright Quotes

Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
Madeleine Albright

Leadership, Women, Woman

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

Generation, Vietnam, Munich

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.
Madeleine Albright

Children, Parents, Democracy

NATO has been a thread throughout my life.
Madeleine Albright

Life, Thread, Nato

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

Hard, Wish, Matter

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

Said, Nobody, Diplomacy

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.
Madeleine Albright

Woman, Reason, Wanted

Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.
Madeleine Albright

Human, Honest, American

People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
Madeleine Albright

Finding, Policy, Foreign

Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.
Madeleine Albright

Business, Laugh, Made

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

Him, Goal, Cannot

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.
Madeleine Albright

Good, Mind, Person

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

Between, Difference, Humans

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

Life, Greatest, America

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

Freedom, Society, America

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

War, Cold, Gymnastics

There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.
Madeleine Albright

Person, Sometimes, Become

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

Liberty, Difficult, Safe

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

Understand, Genius, Europe

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

Human, Learned, Difference

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

Here, Blast, Michael

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

Weather, Serious, Often

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Statesman

Born: May 13, 1937

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