Quotes by 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.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about what they care about is the picture.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

“I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.”