Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright is an 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 May 1937
CitySmichov, Czech Republic
CountryUnited States of America
There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.
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.
If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues.
The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.
China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.
The cover-up, more than the initial wrongdoing, is what is most likely to bring you down.
A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions.
In diplomacy, clear-cut wins and losses are rare.
History is written backwards but lived forwards.
If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.