274 Quotes by Madeline Albright

We call on the Burmese authorities to allow normal access and freedom of movement to Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of the National League for Democracy and immediately to cease all activities aimed at preventing the free exercise of internationally recognized human rights,

There are gaps. We're trying to narrow those gaps,

It was an important meeting. It was very important to have it, but we still have a lot more work to do,

We ought to be talking about issues that are beyond and around the nonproliferation issue,

It's very important for there to be a change in atmosphere and an end to the crackdown, ... There has to be a release of people.

We are clearly in the end stretch here. We are giving it the full-court press, and I hope very much that we are able to succeed. But the leaders themselves make the hard decisions -- we cannot do that for them.

The process is in trouble, we cannot continue this way, ... One option is simply for us to remove ourselves from the process.

The two parties are the ones that have to make the hard decisions, but the United States has to be there, ... They need a catalyst, they need to have somebody there as an honest broker. It's in our national interest that we be involved.

there clearly are concerns in our relationship and those can best be dealt with through direct dialogue.