Zitate und Sprüche von Madeleine Albright

Zitate und Sprüche von Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Korbel Albright, geborene Körbelová (* 15. Mai 1937 in Prag; † 23. März 2022 in Washington, D.C.), war eine US-amerikanische Politikerin. Sie war von 1997 bis 2001 Außenministerin der USA und die erste Frau in diesem Amt.

Auf der Welt scheint es genug Platz für mittelmäßige Männer zu geben, aber nicht für mittelmäßige Frauen. Daran müssen wir sehr, sehr hart arbeiten.
I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
Es hat ziemlich lange gedauert, bis ich eine Stimme entwickelt hatte, und jetzt, da ich sie habe, werde ich nicht still bleiben.
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.