I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done. Madeleine Albright More Quotes by Madeleine Albright More Quotes From Madeleine Albright What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism. Madeleine Albright optimism people world I get up every morning and I'm grateful for everything that has happened. I go through my list about being grateful for my children and grandchildren, and for the really remarkable life that I have been able to have. Madeleine Albright grateful morning children 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. Madeleine Albright people ideas thinking 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. Madeleine Albright ladders building thinking 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. Madeleine Albright reading war thinking I don't actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized. Madeleine Albright clash civilization believe I don't want to sound Pollyannaish, but I hope that out of a tragedy like this something good will come. I hope we understand we're one family. Madeleine Albright I've been a refugee twice, once from the Nazis and we were in England, and then we came to the United States when the communists took over in Czechoslovakia. And I think that it is one of the most un-American things I've ever heard. Madeleine Albright top-news I'm glad she did it and she is too. I got a text from Huma [ Abedin, Clinton's top aide ] today that said everybody really enjoyed it. Madeleine Albright entertainment I've been on the show before, so I'm Madeleine Albright. I love it. Madeleine Albright entertainment I do not think he is a fascist. I do think he is the most undemocratic president in modern American history. And that troubles me, and by the way, it's not easy as a former diplomat to be in a foreign country and criticize one's own president. But I am concerned. Madeleine Albright top-news President Clinton wisely said' I am not going until this is prepared, I am sending the secretary... That didn't thrill them,'. Madeleine Albright top-news Hillary Clinton, being more diplomatic, wrote a book called ‘ What Happened, my book is called ‘ Fascism. ’. Madeleine Albright politics The damage being done to America's diplomatic readiness. Madeleine Albright top-news I think that part of the issue is that President Trump seems to believe that he can have just one-on-one relationships. And maybe that's possible in business, but that is not something that is possible as president of the United States, this is not a matter of charming, by saying you're 'honored' and he's a 'smart cookie.'. Madeleine Albright politics I was out on the road and I know the Comey letter made a difference. I saw that, as I was out and about, people would ask a lot about it and it would raise questions that as it turns out that were unnecessary. I think (Clinton) did the right thing in taking responsibility (for the loss), but there were outside factors in Comey and what the Russians were doing. Madeleine Albright politics A president doesn't go to a country without any preparation, and 'honored' would definitely be the wrong way to discuss somebody who is keeping his people in poverty and starving and control. Madeleine Albright politics I do think it's important to have a functional relationship with Russia, to tell them what's acceptable and what's not. I think the phone calls are fine. Madeleine Albright politics I’ve got to say, I’ve listened to a lot of foreign policy speeches over the years, and have given a lot myself, and I was hoping it would make some sense. Madeleine Albright top-news I said that I think that people need to understand who has been really fighting on their behalf on issues that are of interest to women, and clearly Hillary Clinton has. Madeleine Albright top-news
