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 AlbrightWhat you have to be concerned about are the extremists. On the whole, we need to understand the more moderate Muslims before they become more radicalized.
Madeleine AlbrightThe main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
Madeleine AlbrightI can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.
Madeleine AlbrightLibraries are fun, educational, and the biggest bargain on the face of the earth.
Madeleine AlbrightWhy, since man and woman were created for each other, had He made their desires so dissimilar? Why should one class of women be able to dwell in luxurious seclusion from the trials of life, while another class performed their loathsome tasks? Surely His wisdom had not decreed that one set of women should live in degradation and in the end should perish that others might live in security, preserve their frappeed chastity, and in the end be saved.
Madeleine Albright