Madeleine Albright Quotes

You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you don't have any freedom left, or you're going to build a world that doesn't create terrorists - and that means a whole different way of 'getting along.'

Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.

This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.

Peace along with freedom and justice are the pillars for attaining both security and stability and will pave the way towards the eradication of oppression, extremism, and terrorism in our world.

We established scientific and technical institutions which are the pride of the world. But what has Pakistan offered to the world and, indeed, to its own people apart from terrorism?

The free nations of the world will not be pushed around by terrorist cowards whose goal is to spread fear and destruction and destroy our liberty and way of life.

We're not going back anywhere, we're going forward, we're going forward in democracy, we're going forward in participation, we're going forward with ideas.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.

Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control.

And it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy.

Southeast Asia is now a region full of hope because of the freedoms America has helped foster.

It is one of the glories of America that we move to higher levels of awareness.

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq is the struggle for the future of the world.

We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty and freedom. I hope that our cry for freedom may be heard.

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea.

When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength, they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real strength of our nation comes from our people - not our buildings.

I am confident that in the end freedom and democracy will prevail over terror and tyranny. We will win this war on terror - and when we do Americans, the British, Iraqis, and people around the world will be more secure.

Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.

America has been a beacon of hope for vulnerable people throughout the world.

The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect.

If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.