Madeleine Albright Quotes

• For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

  Madeleine Albright

• For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.

  Madeleine Albright

• 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.

  Madeleine Albright

• Don’t make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I’m not.

  Madeleine Albright

• But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. 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

• 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.

  Madeleine Albright

• As strong as the United States is, we can’t deal with terrorism alone.

  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

• And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the ‘my way or the highway’ approach that was evident in the previous eight years.

  Madeleine Albright

• And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system.

  Madeleine Albright

• A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it’s not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It’s more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.

  Madeleine Albright

• 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

  Tags in Differences, American, Sanctions

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

  Madeleine Albright

  Tags in Blast

• 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

  Tags in Lifting, Sanctions

• No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China’s behavior overnight.

  Madeleine Albright

• My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation’s is Vietnam.

  Madeleine Albright

  Tags in Generation

• 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

  Topics in America, Future

• I’ve never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.

  Madeleine Albright

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

  Madeleine Albright

  Topics in Money

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

  Madeleine Albright

  Topics in Work

Madeleine Albright (100)

Birth:	15th May, 1937
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Diplomat, Politician, Statesman

About

Madeleine Albright is a Czech-born American politician and diplomat. She is the first woman to have become the United States Secretary of State. She was nominated by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997.

Related Authors

• Michael Novak
• Joel Barlow
• Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
• E. F. L. Wood
• Franz von Papen
• Charles E. Bohlen
• Klemens von Metternich
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Faith Ryan Whittlesey
• Horace Porter

Advertisement

Today's Anniversary - 9th January

Births

• 1890 - Karel Capek
• 1856 - Lizette Woodworth Reese
• 1932 - Robert Patrick Casey Sr.
• 1902 - Rudolf Bing
• 1934 - Bart Starr

Deaths

• 1995 - Peter Edward Cook
• 1996 - Walter Miller
• 1986 - Michel de Certeau
• 1985 - Robert Mayer
• 2003 - Will McDonough