Madeleine Albright Quotes

The religious scholars I have consulted are passionate about the need for political leaders to educate themselves in the varieties of faith and to see religion more as a potential means for reconciliation than as a source of conflict.

~ Madeleine Albright

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

~ Madeleine Albright

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.

~ Madeleine Albright

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

~ 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

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

Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank.

~ Madeleine Albright

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

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

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

~ Madeleine Albright

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

~ Madeleine Albright

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