Zitate von Madeleine K. Albright
Madeleine K. Albright
Geburtstag: 15. Mai 1937
Madeleine Korbel Albright, geborene Marie Jana Körbelová , ist eine US-amerikanische Politikerin . Sie war von 1997 bis 2001 Außenministerin der USA und die erste Frau in diesem Amt.
Zitate Madeleine K. Albright
„Our nation's memory is long and our reach is far.“
Public statement in response to the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. In: Schweid, Barry (August 10, 1998) " Albright Offers $2M Bombings Reward http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1998/Albright-Offers-$2M-Bombings-Reward/id-199d52a55e4601c022b587363eefe099".
1990s
„I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life“
On her upbringing, Madam Secretary (2003), p. 512
2000s
Quelle: Madam Secretary: A Memoir
„There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.“
Keynote speech at "Celebrating Inspiration" luncheon with the WNBA's All-Decade Team, quoted in Mechelle Voepel, ESPN (July 13, 2006)
2000s
„Hugh, I know I shouldn't even be asking you this, but what we really need in order to go in and take out Saddam is a precipitous event—something that would make us look good in the eyes of the world. Could you have one of our U-2s fly low enough—and slow enough—so as to guarantee that Saddam could shoot it down?“
See " The Evil of Madeleine Albright http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/10/the-evil-of-madeleine-albright/" by Gary Leupp
Disputed
„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 may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do then they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.“
On illegal migrants to the United States from Mexico and Central America, in Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership (2008), p. 225
2000s
„I think this is a very hard choice, but the price — we think the price is worth it.“
Stated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbIX1CP9qr4 on CBS's 60 Minutes (May 12, 1996) in reply to Lesley Stahl's question "We have heard that half a million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?" Albright was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations at the time.
1990s
„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.“
Comment on the Rwandan Genocide in Madam Secretary (2003), p. 147.
2000s
„Mahmoud Abbas is a puppet.“
(BBC HARDTALK 17-MAY-2004) uncut version.
2000s
„The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran.“
Speech at a Harvard Institute of Politics/Harvard Divinity School forum (April 11, 2007), quoted in the Harvard Crimson http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2007/4/12/albright-calls-for-diplomacy-in-iraq/
2000s
„What really troubles me is that democracy is getting a bad name because it is identified with imposition and occupation. I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.“
When asked what she considered the greatest mistake of the George W. Bush administration, interview with Deborah Solomon http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE5DB173FF930A15757C0A9609C8B63, New York Times (April 23, 2006)
2000s
„Armageddon is not a foreign policy.“
Speech at Harvard forum (April 11, 2007)
2000s
„I'm a critic. I think the administration has really undermined America's power and reputation and that Iraq may go down in history as the greatest disaster in American foreign policy, which means that I think it's worse than Vietnam in its unintended consequences and for our reputation. This president, because his administration is imposing democracy, which is an oxymoron, has, I think, hurt the concept. It is not just that the administration has been unilateral but that it has been unidimensional. It has paid attention primarily to one part of the world, without enough attention being paid to other parts.“
When asked what the George W. Bush administration's legacy in foreign affairs would be, interview http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2008/01/02/qa-madeleine-albright with Thomas Omestad, U.S. News & World Report (January 2, 2008)
2000s
