Madeleine Albright Quotes
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I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done.
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I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it.
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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.
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It takes more than one dove to make peace in the Middle East.
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I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated.
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We don't understand enough about the Islam religion and Muslim world.
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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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You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.
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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.
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Often if you don't speak up, whatever you thought was stupid to say some man would say and then everyone would say 'as he said'.
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If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.
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The American Dream means being part of a society that allows you to be or do whatever you want, and to have a sense that your individual optimism and hard work will be rewarded. It exists outside of the U.S. as well as inside. People continue to come here because they want to improve their lives, they want to be able to support themselves and they want to live in freedom. A lot of people who criticize this country still send their children here to study.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.
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Women have to work exceptionally hard.
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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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People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
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I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal.
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I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.
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I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.
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I have certain issues. I support women candidates, but I cannot support a woman that I don't believe in. I would prefer to vote for a man who believes in choice than a woman who is pro-life. We have to be able to make distinctions and not look as though we are not feminist enough if we don't support every woman. We need to have that kind of a choice.
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As a child, I really did see buildings bombed, and what makes me different from an American that's the same age as I am is that I can understand what happens when there is fighting in a way that they couldn't.
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I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define.
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The interesting part is, that being the United States Secretary of State, most places I went didn't have a problem with me being a woman, because I was representing the United States.
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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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US is a very religious country. Separation of church and state is part of our credo, but that it is hard to understand since our money says "In God we trust" and every President says "God bless America".
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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jewels have played a colorful part in the evolution of world affairs. Because precious stones tend to inspire both admiration and greed, leaders have found convenient excuses for seeking them and have used them to impress crowds, reward friends, deprive foes, forge alliances, and justify war. Jewels may find their highest expression in the decorative arts, but they have also earned a place in the art of the possible.
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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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Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.
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Madeleine Albright
- Born: May 15, 1937
- Occupation: Former United States Secretary of State
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