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
We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism. – Madeleine Albright
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground. – 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
We have that illusion that we are deciding what to make a character do, in order to convey our message or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide whos been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. – George Saunders