“The world would be entirely different if it were run by women. I think it is true that we are more seeking consensus and don't have such big egos and have a variety of different ways of trying to get along. But anybody who says that the world would be better has forgotten high school. It depends on who the women are.” IfsThinkingWorldWayTryingDifferentBigsWould BeRunningSchoolDependsEgoHigh SchoolForgottenSeekingVarietyDifferent WaysConsensusBig Ego Author:Madeleine Albright
“We have to understand where we have strategic relationships that require us to take a different approach. I guess the easiest way to describe it is: different strokes for different folks.” WayDifferentApproachFolksStrokesStrategicDifferent ApproachDifferent Strokes Author:Madeleine Albright
“When somebody is flying airplanes into buildings and killing innocent people in the name of God, it makes you question why do they have that interpretation and somebody else has another interpretation, and how many people of Muslim faith would agree with that, and what are the different aspects of different people's religions that is so divisive, rather than being unifying?” PeopleDifferentNamesBuildingAspectAgreeKillingFlyingInnocentInterpretationAirplaneDifferent PeoplesUnifyingMuslim Faith Author:Madeleine Albright
“As a child, I really did see buildings bombed, and what makes me different from an American that's the same age as I am is that I can understand what happens when there is fighting in a way that they couldn't.” WayChildrenI CanDifferentHappensAgeFightingBuilding Author:Madeleine Albright
“I teach at Georgetown, and I see that the students have so many different interests. The main thing is to match your passion with your knowledge, because you can't just be passionate without knowing the facts, and facts are really boring without passion.” DifferentFactsPassionInterestTeachKnowingStudentsPassionateBoringGeorgetown Author:Madeleine Albright
“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.” LooksKindLongDifferentRevolutionLong TimeDemocraticMechanismUprising Author:Madeleine Albright
“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.” ThinkingWorldTryingKindDifferentCommunityViewsCenturyPerspectiveConflictInternational21st CenturyAlliancesInternational CommunityDifferent ViewsHaving Strength Author:Madeleine Albright
“But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.” IfsWorldFirstsBelieveMadeDifferentMightWould BeLeadershipLeaderWatchesHavensConflictIncludingMade ItAggressiveWoman Leader Author:Madeleine Albright
“As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.” DifferentMightAbilityViewsLeaderInformationDifferent ViewsNew Information Author:Madeleine Albright
“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.” ThinkingDifferentDoneWeaponsMassDestructionIraqDictatorSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionWmdWmds In Iraq Author:Madeleine Albright
“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.” IfsThinkingWorldPersonsDifferentWould BeRunningSchoolHigh SchoolForgotten Author:Madeleine Albright
