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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.
I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.
I am the only high-ranking U.S. official to ever meet with Kim Jong-il, and we are the same height and both wear high heels.
John Kerry knows more about more subjects than an awful lot of people. But I think it's a very hard job [Secretary of State].
We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction.
I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder . . . Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice.
I went to college somewhere between the invention of the iPad and the discovery of fire... but I had gone to a women's college.
There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess.
Often if you don't speak up, whatever you thought was stupid to say some man would say and then everyone would say 'as he said'.
I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair.
I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.
I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it away from the building.
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.
I do think that one needs to have respect for people who are older. And I really do love the idea that one can respect generations.
My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.
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.
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.
The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.
When Hillary served as Secretary of State, I watched her partner with President Obama to restore our country's reputation around the world.
I think that the Middle East is the largest piece of unfinished business that we all have. I happen to believe in the democratization process.
Democracy cannot be built on revenge and you will not have the support of the world if you are intolerant and take the law into your own hands.
Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.
The other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think men do that particularly.
The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea.
I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country.
You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'
I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt.
I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.
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.
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.
What you have to be concerned about are the extremists. On the whole, we need to understand the more moderate Muslims before they become more radicalized.
I bought ... the pins with my three daughters in mind; the ships are beautiful, graceful, and moving along at full sail, having long since left home port.
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.
Unfortunately for the Iraqi people, instead of meeting these requirements, for six years, Saddam Hussein has lied, delayed, obstructed and tried to deceive
I consider it my patriotic duty as an ordinary citizen - not as Secretary of State - to ask questions. I think we have to ask ourselves the tough questions.
I did go to Wellesley, a women's college. And I am of a kind of strange generation which is transitional in terms of women who wanted to go out and get jobs.
The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in a ground war in Iraq.
I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.
[John Kerry] actually stole my line because when I became Secretary of State, I said, 'I hope my heels will fill Warren Christopher's shoes.' So he reversed that.
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.
There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.
I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.
I am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people can make a difference... I am an optimist who worries a lot.
I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.
As you go along your own 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.
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.
I was not at all apprehensive about ... disease ... [it] had no terrors for me. The thing I most feared in the world was hunger. That was something of which I had personal knowledge.
The interesting part is, that being the United States Secretary of State, most places I went didn't have a problem with me being a woman, because I was representing the United States.