I am a beneficiary of the American people’s 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.

What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore.

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the...

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.

It’s one thing to be religious, but it’s another thing to make religion your policy.

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.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against...

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.

I did go to Wellesley, a women’s 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.

Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that...

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...

I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable...

Women have to be active listeners and interrupters – but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.

The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

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 difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.

I loved being Secretary of State, that’s probably evident to everyone who watched me.

When trouble arise among faraway people, we remain tempted to hide behind the principle of national sovereignty, to “mind our own business” when it is convenient, and to think of democracy as a suit to...

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is...

Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted...

There’s Madeleine, and then there’s ‘Madeleine Albright’. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become ‘Madeleine Albright’ it doesn’t go away.

If you look at my life, generally, I’ve been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

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

I am such a political person.

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it’s not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It’s more...

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

I loved what I did. I could’ve been secretary of state for ever.

Disgusting Serbs, get out!

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all – make us laugh, think, cry and cheer – preferably in that order.

I think that we had a different view of what the 21st century could be like, with much more of a sense, from our perspective, of trying to have an interdependent world: looking at solving...

I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, ‘I like your tie,’ to a man… or, ‘I like your country because the weather’s good,’ or whatever. So for me, the pins...

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...

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...

I think I’ve revived the costume-jewelry industry.

I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what’s evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We’re less sure about what is good. There’s sort of good, good...

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.

I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.

Women can’t do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

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. We’re a very religious country and it affects the way...

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...

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

My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation’s is Vietnam.

I hope I’m 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...

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

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

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,...