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Former United States Secretary of State

Former United States Secretary of State, born on May 15, 1937. Madeleine Albright was a key figure in American foreign policy during the Cold War and served as the first female Secretary of State under the Clinton administration.

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Famous Madeleine Albright Quotes

“I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done.”

Done Jobs Principles Consistent Flexible Tactics Get The Job Done

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“Our life comes in segments, and we have to understand that we can have it all if we're not trying to do it all at once.”

Ifs Trying Our Lives

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“I was not only the first woman to become secretary of state, I was the first [U.S.] secretary of state of the 21st century. I was the first secretary of state to own a Web site, to visit Internet cafes, and to make Internet access a part of policy.”

Firsts States Politics Century Policy Internet Access Secretary Site 21st Century Cafes Internet Access

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“No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.”

Thinking Different Done Weapons Mass Destruction Iraq Dictator Saddam Hussein Weapons Of Mass Destruction Mass Destruction Wmd Wmds In Iraq

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“We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction.”

Security Weapons Mass Destruction Neighbor Stability Saddam Weapons Of Mass Destruction Mass Destruction Wmd

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“I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.”

Ifs Thinking World Persons Different Would Be Running School High School Forgotten

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“Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.”

Trying Happens Morning Figures Get Up

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“Armageddon is not a foreign policy.”

Policy Foreign Policy Armageddon

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“When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy.”

Trying Wells Sometimes Difficult Issues Solve Historian Diplomacy Adversaries

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“I am the only high-ranking U.S. official to ever meet with Kim Jong-il, and we are the same height and both wear high heels.”

Politics Height Officials Heels High Heels Kim Ranking

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“The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea.”

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“For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.”

America Nations Indispensable

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“For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.”

Made America Differences Raised

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“I am such a political person.”

Persons Political

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“I can't go out with a Republican.”

I Can Republican

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“Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.”

Humans Wells Differences Huge Relation Human Relations Diplomats

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“I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.”

Thinking Knows Needs Leader Dignity Indispensable

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“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.”

Thinking Kind Persons Sometimes Going Away Madeleines

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“I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.”

Catholic

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“I think I've revived the costume-jewelry industry.”

Thinking Industry Costumes Jewelry

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“Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.”

Life Is Grim

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“I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.”

Speak Fun Had Fun

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“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.”

Knows War Home Able Life Is Harder Life Is Hard

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“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.”

Ifs Way Looks Country Shows Political Religious Issues Importance Various Motifs Political Issues Religious History

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“The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.”

Knows Humans Differences Know How Mammals

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“I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it.”

Enjoy Pins

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“I'm a problem-solver.”

Problem Problem Solvers

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“I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.”

States Force Can Do United United States I Have Learned Idealistic

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“I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.”

Book Hands Government Written Normal Nine Professors

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“To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.”

Genius Europe

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“I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.”

Thinking Want Important Done Care Voice Take Care Women Want

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About the Author

Born: May 15, 1937
Known for: Former United States Secretary of State
Quotes: 231

Books & Sources

Madam SecretaryRelated source material

Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948Related source material

De hel en andere bestemmingen: Memoires 2001-2019Related source material

Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel BoxRelated source material

The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs – A Bold Critique and Call for Moral Consensus in an Era of Religious TerrorismRelated source material

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