Madeline Albright Quotes (253 Quotes)

That visit will allow for further discussions on regional security issues and other matters of mutual concern, ... rich with opportunity.

But as we have shown during the past two years, America will not be intimidated, nor will we retreat from the world,

These people have to go back, otherwise there are no people in Kosovo,

We know that the road to true peace remains hard and uphill, but I'm convinced the vast majority of Arabs and Israelis alike have come to understand that negotiations are the only route to the better future that they both seek,

determination to advance our interests around the world.

One of the things that we have wanted to have is the establishment of such a dialogue, ... Obviously, we will have to see where it leads, and whether it is a genuine dialogue, rather than the kinds of patronizing and cruel conversations that were evident when I was there.

We're trying to make the promises as concrete as possible,

state sponsors of terrorism.

It is now for us, the living, to rededicate ourselves to his cause, ... so that all the children of the Middle East will know a future free from violence and terror, enriched by prosperity and peace.

A congressional debate now . . . would complicate our efforts

Our message to India and Pakistan is that there should be no further nuclear testing, no deployment or testing of missiles, no more inflammatory rhetoric and no more provocative military activity,

Albright met with Abdullah on Thursday. I wanted to stop here in order to make very clear that the U.S. stands with Jordan, ... The relationship between the United States and Jordan has been a long one.

The president and I spoke of the importance of constitutional reform in terms of its comprehensiveness and the ability of Kenyans to participate in the process,

I was very concerned about making sure we have been doing everything we could to stop terrorism, ... (Hariri) has committed himself to a greater degree of cooperation.

I am not prepared to go shuttling back and forth, ... I think that in contrast to other periods of American history, there are an awful lot of other issues that need tending.

We are very concerned about the violence, ... It is clearly counterproductive in the peace process.

Everyone with a stake in peace must do their part.

is going to have operational control of the procedures and Mr. (Richard) Butler will have the independence he had before. And as the president has said, the proof is in the testing. But this is no time for U.N. bashing.

They must have been close to something on whether on whether biological or chemical weapons were used on prisoners,

The process is in trouble, we cannot continue this way, ... One option is simply for us to remove ourselves from the process.

The terrorist threat is a long-term one, ... It's very important for Americans to understand that we are involved in a long-term struggle.

As long as the parties remain serious in pursuing an agreement, America will respond to their requests for help in bridging and brokering the hardest issues,

We cannot have our relationship with China held hostage to any single issue. ... This is not a one-issue summit.

Today the peace process is in danger -- not because of the people of the region and not because they do not desire peace, but because leaders have failed to take the actions required to realize the possibilities of peace,

will not make a decision on sending U. S. troops until we have an agreement in hand and can evaluate whether it meets the conditions President Clinton has outlined.

We talked at some length about what her intentions were. And it was at that point that it became evident to me that she understood all the things that had gone wrong,

As I have said, as President Clinton has said, he is prepared to have such a summit, but we have to make sure that the conditions are right, ... extraordinarily complex.

While there might be an instant gratification to do something about an attack on us, we have to be absolutely sure we have the facts straight, ... Meet the Press.

Let me make this perfectly clear I do not tell Chairman Butler what to do, ... Chairman Butler has made it perfectly clear that he makes the operational decisions and that he takes orders and instructions from no one. The Security Council itself talks to him about policy, but not on operations.

It is strange that a country is criticized for withdrawing from another country,

The United States will continue to do its share, ... other members of the alliance need to do much, much more. This will increase the confidence of our Congress that both Europe and the United States will fairly and effectively share the burden of sustaining the peace process in Bosnia.

Right now, the most important thing both sides can do is to cool it and take a deep breath and begin to climb out of the hole they have dug themselves into.

It is a subject of discussion with them and was raised both when President Clinton and I were in Pakistan and in Greece recently, ... We are pressing them on it, but we are not considering sanctions.

I was 11, and I do remember being very excited, but also a little scared, because I did not know whether I would be accepted in this new land,

deter and defeat terrorist acts.

A plan that is nothing but a way to drive trucks through loopholes is unacceptable to the United States,

When the Burmese government tries to blame the victims for the crime, and say that (democracy activist) Aung San Suu Kyi and her party are responsible for their own repression, I can only reply that much the same was once said about Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel, ... The world is not fooled. And we must not be silent.

the future of the Middle East must be decided at the negotiating table, not in the streets.

breakthrough because we have been working at this for seven years, and it is very important for national security.

Coming on the eve of that country's congressional and presidential elections, the waiver decision is intended to lay the groundwork for increased future cooperation and to support those in Colombia who are striving to strengthen the rule of law and buttress their embattled democracy,

I have not yet made a final decision as to whether to go Lebanon or not. I do understand the importance of the Lebanese track,

We believe that the United Nations needs new leadership for the 21st century, somebody who's going to get up every morning and decide that reforming the U.N. so that it can function in the 21st century is his or her major goal,

We respect Boutros-Ghali as an international leader,

I meet with a lot of people, ... Stay tuned.

role as the leading upholder of democracy and law.

There are, however, new threats in the world that I think both countries need to consider.

The hope is that (Netanyahu and Arafat) will reconnect,

We have come too far in the process of Arab-Israeli peacemaking to allow the vultures of violence to shape the region's future.

There is no question that Yugoslavia has turned a corner and is moving in a positive direction toward Europe and democracy.

And we're going to keep working on trying to develop some way to get (Israel and the Palestinian Authority) to agree on some basic principles, ... Because I think it's useful to the next administration, and frankly, in my conversations with my successor (retired Gen. Colin Powell ) I think they have found that it would be wonderful if we could take this off the table.