My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

Our predecessors understood that the ties that bind America are far stronger than disagreements over any particular policy and far more durable and profound than any party affiliation.

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

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.

We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction.

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

To put it mildly, the world is a mess.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

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.

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

Dating is like pushing your tray along in a cafeteria. Nothing looks good, but you know you have to pick something by the time you reach the cashier.

Freighted with hope, Crimsoned with joy, We scatter the leaves of our opening rose.

A man with a soul is not like every other man.

The people of Chicago are a proud people - and for good reason.

What we do, if we are successful, is to stir interest in the matter at hand, awaken enthusiasm for it, arouse a curiosity, kindle a feeling, fire up the imagination.

There is no point in retaining a brand equity if it has no traction with consumers, or has no likelihood of doing so.

Some people observe life naturally and sometimes you just have to let things out and think about it later.

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom.

The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

My children are 10 and three, and the longing and the need for them is incredibly powerful.