One of the things I write about a bit in my Madam Secretary memoir is on Rwanda, where I was an instructed ambassador at the U.N., and my instructions were to not vote for increased forces there, and I didn't like my instructions. So I got up and called Washington and said, "Change my instructions," and they didn't.
Madeleine AlbrightI think the hardest part [is] the priorities. There are an awful lot of things to do [being Secretary of State].
Madeleine AlbrightWell 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 AlbrightOften if you don't speak up, whatever you thought was stupid to say some man would say and then everyone would say 'as he said'.
Madeleine Albright