Madeleine Albright

There should never be a meeting of any kind with the Chinese where human rights are not raised in it.

It is undercutting our own policy, and therefore, I think that it is very important to call it out.

I hate to see the United States withdraw from the international scene because the Chinese are filling the vacuum.

I believe that we do have a role to play as leaders, and I do think that we need to be very clear about what we believe in in terms of the rights of various groups and what our value system is.

When we withdraw from agreements or are not there when treaties are being negotiated, we lose our position.

I do think the following thing: There was not a time that I had a meeting with the Chinese, either at the U.N. or later, that I did not raise the issue of human rights.

It has undermined our relationship with the other members of the P5+1 in terms of can we be trusted on agreements.

I have felt it is a mistake always to cutoff relations with a country or not have that conversation, because that is what diplomacy is about.

I think it is inhumane toward the people that want to come in and the many refugees that have been created, and so I think it is, frankly, un-American.

I am for assistance, I am for negotiation, I am for sanctions. I think we have to be very careful not to exacerbate the situation.

Withdrawing from them is a mistake.

I am very concerned by Huawei because they are very much a part of selling component parts that undermine the whole system.