274 Quotes by Madeleine Albright

I’ve never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.

The reason I made women’s issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.

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

It is an unfortunate fact that in many parts of the world women are considered property. An awful lot of injustice is obviously due to that; not just women’s status in the home, but all kinds of laws that are even more discriminating.

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

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.

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China’s behavior overnight.

I’m for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.

Our life comes in segments, and we have to understand that we can have it all if we’re not trying to do it all at once.