Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president.
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There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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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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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.
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I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
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I am such a political person.
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Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility.
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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 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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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.
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People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
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I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
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Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.
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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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The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran.
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Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very threatening problem.
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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.
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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
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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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Mahmoud Abbas is a puppet.
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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.
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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.