You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on. Madeleine Albright More Quotes by Madeleine Albright More Quotes From Madeleine Albright It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another. Madeleine Albright important america fall I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region. Madeleine Albright vietnam iraq numbers And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the “my way or the highway” approach that was evident in the previous eight years. Madeleine Albright eight country thinking If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future. Madeleine Albright force use america Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed. Madeleine Albright mass-destruction wmd iraq The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind. Madeleine Albright order mean believe You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.' Madeleine Albright ties weather thinking The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose. Madeleine Albright common-purpose oneself circumstances We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law. Madeleine Albright responsibility motivational inspirational We have the most generous immigration policy, but what is a concern is when illegal immigrants come and undermine a variety of the systems that work in order to make our society function. Madeleine Albright immigration our-society order 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. Madeleine Albright becoming one-day inspirational Our predecessors understood that the ties that bind America are far stronger than disagreements over any particular policy and far more durable and profound than any party affiliation. Madeleine Albright party ties america The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize. Madeleine Albright mammals differences humans Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility. Madeleine Albright succeed responsibility people The process of education in the oldest profession in the world is like any other educational process, in that it requires time andeffort and patience; it can only be acquired by taking one step at a time, though the steps become accelerated after the first few. Madeleine Albright education world firsts If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues. Madeleine Albright issues religious country I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home. Madeleine Albright life-is-hard home war There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away. Madeleine Albright going-away kind thinking Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time. Madeleine Albright grim life-is I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic. Madeleine Albright catholic