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No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight. Madeleine Albright

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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. Madeleine Albright

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever. Madeleine Albright

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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. Madeleine Albright

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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. Madeleine Albright

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The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product. Madeleine Albright

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy. Madeleine Albright

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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. Madeleine Albright

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. Madeleine Albright

People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy. Madeleine Albright

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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. Madeleine Albright

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I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government. Madeleine Albright

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One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason. Madeleine Albright

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As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone. Madeleine Albright

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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation. Madeleine Albright

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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America. Madeleine Albright

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Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist. Madeleine Albright

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NATO has been a thread throughout my life. Madeleine Albright

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And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney. Madeleine Albright

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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory. Mahmoud Abbas

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No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another. Mahmoud Abbas

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