Madeline Albright Clear Quotations

Let me make this perfectly clear: I do not tell Chairman Butler what to do, ... Chairman Butler has made it perfectly clear that he makes the operational decisions and that he takes orders and instructions from no one. The Security Council itself talks to him about policy, but not on operations.

The path out of the wilderness is uphill, but it is clearly marked. It is time to move up that road.

Over the next few days, ... I will be explaining the American position to leaders in the countries I visit while making it clear that in confronting the clear and present danger posed by Iraqi lawlessness, the diplomatic string is running out.

I raised the issue with the vice premier when I was in China in February and expressed to him how seriously we view these allegations and I will do so again and also make clear to all of you that they are currently under judicial investigation.

We have made very clear that his fatwa (edict) against Americans is unacceptable -- and do not believe that anyone should give him safe haven,

We have made it clear that were there any attacks on our forces or on neighboring countries that our response would be swift and sure,

I believe that while there are constructive discussions going on, that it is worth continuing the process. We are clearly coming to the end of this phase, and we cannot let it go on indefinitely. But as long as the talks are constructive, I think it's worth going the extra mile.

Our message to India and Pakistan is that there should be no further nuclear testing, no deployment or testing of missiles, no more inflammatory rhetoric and no more provocative military activity,

I made it very clear that there were eight weeks (before the summit and) there had to be a speeding up of the work...to be in a position to have concrete results,

There's an incredible amount of work to be done, both in the military-to-military context and on the diplomatic front, and we're going to take this one step at a time and keep a clear vision,

We are very concerned about the violence, ... It is clearly counterproductive in the peace process.

Clearly the Russians disagree with us about the use of force in Iraq. They, however, have no good ideas about how to solve the problem,

They are basically not engaging at all on a crucial portion of the agreement, the military portion, ... I have made it clear that half a deal is no deal.

there clearly are concerns in our relationship and those can best be dealt with through direct dialogue.

We have made clear within NATO, as well as the United States specifically, that the widening of this conflict by the Serbs to the other countries in the region would have serious consequences,

We have made clear there would not be a separate Russian sector, and we are working on ways of integrating the Russians into the whole process,

We are clearly in the end stretch here. We are giving it the full-court press, and I hope very much that we are able to succeed. But the leaders themselves make the hard decisions -- we cannot do that for them.