I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. Thats a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways. – Madeleine Albright
Women cant do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments. – Madeleine Albright
I did go to Wellesley, a womens college. And I am of a kind of strange generation which is transitional in terms of women who wanted to go out and get jobs. – Madeleine Albright
I didnt want to set up a womens studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, its male-dominated. – Madeleine Albright
I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring womens issues to the center of our foreign policy. – Madeleine Albright
I was a little girl in World War II and Im used to being freed by Americans. – Madeleine Albright
I cant imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father. – Madeleine Albright
Its one thing to be religious, but its another thing to make religion your policy. – Madeleine Albright
I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing mens clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am. – 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 havent exactly been non-aggressive – including me. – Madeleine Albright
I hope Im wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy – worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region. – Madeleine Albright
I am a beneficiary of the American peoples generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here. – Madeleine Albright
Because of my parents love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia – first by Hitler and then by Stalin. – Madeleine Albright
I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you arent able to live in the place you called home. – Madeleine Albright
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. Were a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues. – Madeleine Albright
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 its necessary. – Madeleine Albright
I wasnt a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadnt written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor. – Madeleine Albright
The magic of America is that were a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom. – Madeleine Albright
Well 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 doesnt mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, youve forgotten high school. – Madeleine Albright
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
