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And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.
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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
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Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.
Madeleine Albright -
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.
Madeleine Albright -
I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
Madeleine Albright -
I am such a political person.
Madeleine Albright -
The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates spoke and basically at commencement, he told us all that our job after graduation was to get married and have interesting sons...and we all found that hard to believe.
Madeleine Albright -
So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president.
Madeleine Albright
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I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
Madeleine Albright -
The bottom line is, the more we have a cadre of women moving up the scale, and it doesn't seem threatening, and people realize that women actually work much harder than men, and realize that they need more women in these jobs, I think that goes away.
Madeleine Albright -
I do consider myself a feminist. I know the word has weird implications for people now, but I do think that its important to have women involved, whether its business or public service or...anything.
Madeleine Albright -
I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life
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 -
The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran.
Madeleine Albright
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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 -
My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.
Madeleine Albright -
What really troubles me is that democracy is getting a bad name because it is identified with imposition and occupation. 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 -
When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy.
Madeleine Albright -
I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.
Madeleine Albright -
Hugh, I know I shouldn't even be asking you this, but what we really need in order to go in and take out Saddam is a precipitous event-something that would make us look good in the eyes of the world. Could you have one of our U-2s fly low enough-and slow enough-so as to guarantee that Saddam could shoot it down?
Madeleine Albright
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Our nation's memory is long and our reach is far.
Madeleine Albright -
The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.
Madeleine Albright -
There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do then they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.
Madeleine Albright -
Mahmoud Abbas is a puppet.
Madeleine Albright