Madeleine Albright

So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president.

In A Man With a Pipe, my brother observed that although my father had been seen as intellectual and my mother more a creature of temperament, she had often been the more levelheaded of the two. In sum, we miss them as we love them, equally and always.

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.