For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation. Madeleine Albright More Quotes by Madeleine Albright More Quotes From Madeleine Albright As a child, I really did see buildings bombed, and what makes me different from an American that's the same age as I am is that I can understand what happens when there is fighting in a way that they couldn't. Madeleine Albright fighting age children 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'. Madeleine Albright speak stupid men I think the jobs [at the top] are unbelievably difficult, and there is nothing easier than second-guessing people. Madeleine Albright jobs people thinking 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. Madeleine Albright college fire discovery 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. Madeleine Albright iran issues numbers 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. Madeleine Albright united-states problem interesting One of my trips was to meet with the Gulf Cooperation Council with all the Saudi foreign ministers, and when we started the meeting I said 'Perhaps you've noticed that I'm not dressed the same as my predecessors", but no-one had a problem and I was never treated with anything other than respect...So I did not have problems with that, interestingly enough. Madeleine Albright cooperation problem enough When somebody is flying airplanes into buildings and killing innocent people in the name of God, it makes you question why do they have that interpretation and somebody else has another interpretation, and how many people of Muslim faith would agree with that, and what are the different aspects of different people's religions that is so divisive, rather than being unifying? Madeleine Albright muslim-faith airplane names There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up. Madeleine Albright aspect sides The bottom line is, the more we have a cadre of women moving up the scale, and it doesn't seem threatening, and people realize that women actually work much harder than men, and realize that they need more women in these jobs, I think that goes away. Madeleine Albright jobs men moving I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated. Madeleine Albright married three long 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. Madeleine Albright trying believe thinking 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. Madeleine Albright weakness men thinking I have certain issues. I support women candidates, but I cannot support a woman that I don't believe in. I would prefer to vote for a man who believes in choice than a woman who is pro-life. We have to be able to make distinctions and not look as though we are not feminist enough if we don't support every woman. We need to have that kind of a choice. Madeleine Albright issues men believe 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. Madeleine Albright law home world So there really was a whole series of things that took the women of my generation a little bit of time to push forward. Madeleine Albright generations whole littles Women are more than 50% of almost every country in the world. Countries rob themselves of the resources of women if they keep them as property. It isn't that women can't find work. It's just that women don't get paid for their work and are not recognized properly. It's something that has to be on the international agenda all the time. Madeleine Albright agendas country world I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central. Madeleine Albright issues people thinking US is a very religious country. Separation of church and state is part of our credo, but that it is hard to understand since our money says "In God we trust" and every President says "God bless America". Madeleine Albright religious country america After the Cold War, to rally the American people to understand that we had to be a part of solutions. It's one thing to say that we have to run everything, it's another to say we don't want anything to do with it. Madeleine Albright running war people
