Madeleine Albright Quotes

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

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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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.

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

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  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in Government, Among, Fragile, Stable

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

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• We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Poetry, Freedom

• To understand Europe, you have to be a genius – or French.

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  Topics in Genius

• 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.

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  Tags in Differences, American, Sanctions

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

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

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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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  Topics in Risk

  Tags in Greatest

• 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.

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  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.

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• 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.

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  Topics in Love

  Tags in American

• I was a little girl in World War II and I’m used to being freed by Americans.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in American

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

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  Topics in Money

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

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  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.

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