I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal.
From Madeleine Albright
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 in some ways were openers.
As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair.
If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.
I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
NATO has been a thread throughout my life.
Take it from someone who fled the Iron Curtain: I know what happens when you give the Russians a green light.
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