One of the things I write about a bit in my Madam Secretary memoir is on Rwanda, where … - Madeleine Albright

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The only time a politico will try to avoid playing the blame game is when they or theirs are to blame.

Madeleine Albright

One of the things I write about a bit in my Madam Secretary memoir is on Rwanda, where I was an instructed ambassador at the U. N. , and my instructions were to not vote for increased forces there, and I didn't like my instructions. So I got up and called Washington and said, "Change my instructions," and they didn't.

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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid. ' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.

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Foreign policy is now a huge field. It isn't just people who are studying political science. There are so many aspects to it in terms of understanding hard science for people who are studying climate change, or people who are interested in health policy or food security, or people who care about education.

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There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants my violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.

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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.

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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.

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