Political Quotes

“Our Nation has lost a lifelong leader and trailblazer--Madeleine Albright--a woman I had the chance to know and to learn from, and a woman with whom I shared a first name. Madeleine Albright was a woman of clarity, grace, intellect, and humor--a leader throughout the globe. She was an example to many women, like me, becoming our Nation's first female Secretary of State and, at the time, the highest ranking woman ever in our government. Years ago, in admiration, I adopted one of Albright's subtle, yet powerful, diplomatic tools--wearing a brooch each day to signify something about my work or my heart. As a child, Secretary Albright and her family fled war-torn Eastern Europe. Deeply inspired by her new country, she dedicated her life's work to lifting up democracies at home and around the world and strengthening NATO with the goal of preventing wars in Europe like the one that had forced her family from their home. Her passion for peace inspires my own, especially as I watch the devastating atrocities in Ukraine. Dedicated to democracies around the globe, she often recalled her father's own worries that Americans took their own democracy for granted. Madeleine Albright knew that democracies are fragile, yet resilient, and that it matters what world we leave our grandchildren. May her memory be a blessing and her legacy be a guide. ____________________”