Madeleine Albright Zitate auf Englisch

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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

I can't go out with a Republican.

Madeleine Albright

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.

Madeleine Albright

I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal.

Madeleine Albright

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.

Madeleine Albright

Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.

Madeleine Albright

I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.

Madeleine Albright

I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.

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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.

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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.

Madeleine Albright

I am such a political person.

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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.

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The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.

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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.

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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

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I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

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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.

Madeleine Albright

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

Madeleine Albright

I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

Madeleine Albright

When Hillary served as Secretary of State, I watched her partner with President Obama to restore our country's reputation around the world.

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And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the 'my way or the highway' approach that was evident in the previous eight years.

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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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I think I've revived the costume-jewelry industry.

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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.

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I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.

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It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

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I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.

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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

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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.

Madeleine Albright

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.

Madeleine Albright

The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

Madeleine Albright

I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.

Madeleine Albright

Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.

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The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.

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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.

Madeleine Albright