Madeleine Albright: “Americans don't like the word multilateralism. It has too many syllables and it ends in an ism.”

On Kosovo, our shared goal should be for it to become a normal country in the United Nations, part of the regular international system, and with all the rights of international law to defend its territory.

I have not found that being a woman is a handicap. In fact, I've found it a terrific gender to be.

Support for democracy serves both our interests and our ideals.

Putin is small and pale, so cold as to be almost reptilian, embarrassed by what happened to his country and determined to restore its greatness.