Madeleine Albright Quotes


We do have to retaliate but the problem is that every retaliation produces a counter-retaliation…


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Madeleine Albright, U. S. Secretary of State (Democrat), U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations (Democrat), Observation about terrorist attacks in Iraq, NBC Meet the Press, April 4, 2004

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Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
  • Born: May 15, 1937
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Statesman

Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright is an American politician and diplomat who served as the first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton.