No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight. Madeleine Albright More Quotes by Madeleine Albright More Quotes From Madeleine Albright A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together. Madeleine Albright games moving thinking My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe. Madeleine Albright parent europe children NATO has been a thread throughout my life. Madeleine Albright nato thread has-beens Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy. Madeleine Albright pins tools said People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy. Madeleine Albright foreign-policy harder people The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America. Madeleine Albright thrill united-states america To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation. Madeleine Albright liberty safe people What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore. Madeleine Albright blast And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system. Madeleine Albright uprising revolution long I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight. Madeleine Albright fighting war country Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies. Madeleine Albright mass-destruction wmd iraq I think that we had a different view of what the 21st century could be like, with much more of a sense, from our perspective, of trying to have an interdependent world: looking at solving regional conflicts, having strength in alliances, operating within some kind of a sense that we were part of the international community and not outside of it. Madeleine Albright perspective views thinking My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam. Madeleine Albright vietnam generations mind 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 uniforms affair europe I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever. Madeleine Albright secretary states Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies. Madeleine Albright policy frustration hate 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 running mean school It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy. Madeleine Albright one-thing policy religious The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product. Madeleine Albright answers trying looks 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 daughter girl mother
