Madeleine Albright Quotes

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

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.

If intelligence were a television set, it would be an early black-and-white model with poor reception, so that much of the picture was gray and the figures on the screen were snowy and indistinct. You could fiddle wiht the knobs all you wanted, but unless you were careful, what you would see often depended more on what you expacted or hoped to see than on what was really there.

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 my violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

As you go along your road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance.... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.

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