Madeleine Albright

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

I think I've revived the costume-jewelry industry.

There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.

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

The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.

I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.

I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.