Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright is an American politician and diplomat. She is the first woman to have become the United States Secretary of State. She was nominated by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 May 1937
CitySmichov, Czech Republic
CountryUnited States of America
Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.
This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.
Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.
I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.
Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea.