When facing the public, politicians constantly filter their ideas through a political sieve. 'How will this affect the environmentalists, labor, management?' Sometimes the sieve gets so clogged by political taboos that no new ideas pass through.


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I believe the allegations are completely untrue,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
This dudes nuttier than squirrel shit."

-Ty Henderson
MADELEINE URBAN
I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate i...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what y...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
The authorities in Belgrade used every trick in the book to prevent a fair campaign, rig the electio...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
There is nothing inevitable about the tensions between our two countries or on the Korean peninsula ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I grab a knife and hide, I wanna stop my life and die. But instead i just close my eyes, reach out m...
MADELEINE KUSMITCH
We have, in fact, gained because Saddam Hussein has reversed his course
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Words here are no substitute for action in the region, ... encourages extremism and diverts attentio...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
We cannot have our relationship with China held hostage to any single issue. ... This is not a one-i...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
A Wrinkle in Time,
MADELEINE L'ENGLE
With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have a life of their own, ...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE
She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely an...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE
Marines either know how to use an iron or they get married [...]. The iron is less dangerous.
MADELEINE URBAN
He also didn't like a lock of my hair and said that he couldn't get into the moment without ...
MADELEINE STOWE
Take it from someone who fled the Iron Curtain: I know what happens when you give the Russians a gre...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
MADELEINE STOWE
The (Colombian) government's ambitious eradication campaign, to date, has met with heavy resistance ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I plan my escape by making a map in the stars. But no matter where i go i can't hide my scars. I kee...
MADELEINE KUSMITCH
I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
This is not personal, this is business,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Maybe I was just the handmaiden,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
On Taiwan, I reiterated our strong commitment to a 'one China' policy, to the importance of direct d...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
So many, so loved, have been lost.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
They are basically not engaging at all on a crucial portion of the agreement, the military portion, ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
It was an important meeting. It was very important to have it, but we still have a lot more work to ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I must say I am depressed about the way that that has been going on, ... We will continue to watch t...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I am very glad we had the meeting,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
For the Israelis, this means withdrawing their forces to positions prior to the onset of the crisis,...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
used every trick in the book to prevent a fair campaign, rig the election and distort the results.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
These are unlikely subjects for a one-day miracle, ... but the stakes are high and we are determined...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I know that he [Clinton] is determined and has the judgment and the ability to be a president that d...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Our message to India and Pakistan is that there should be no further nuclear testing, no deployment ...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
We must each meet our responsibilities to eliminate threats, reduce tension, build confidence and ex...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
No doubt the president will take the opportunity to try to talk to him about working together on som...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
No proof, no connection.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
will have no choice but to take strong measures.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
The very promise of it (membership) has given the nations of central and Eastern Europe an incentive...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
seize this opportunity to achieve an interim settlement agreement in Kosovo.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tal...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I go determined that those responsible for these cowardly crimes will be held accountable. I go secu...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
We welcome today's step forward,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
I assure you if we decide to use force, Russia will not veto it.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
A great task has been completed and an even larger one remains,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
The Berlin Wall crumbled, Politburos resigned and governments vanished overnight. Half a million Cze...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
Both our governments believe that a permanent settlement must ensure real security for Israel and re...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT