You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'

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.

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.

The best-dressed man is an Italian who is trying to look English, or an Englishman who is trying to look Italian.

I had six or seven documented concussions, so I had a lot more than that. But I feel fine.

We must accept the fact that transport and communications will bring the world in close relations and the youth of the world should have standards and ideals in common.

Ignorance makes for weakness and fear; knowledge gives strength and confidence. Nothing surprises an intellect that knows all things with a sense of discrimination.

You must never feel badly about making mistakes.

For all we know, we know nothing.

When you're through learning, you're through.