Quotes by Women Diplomats

Gabriela Mistral

Madeleine Albright

Caroline Kennedy

Roza Otunbayeva

Irina Bokova

Susan Rice

Ashraf Pahlavi

Democracy cannot be built on revenge and you will not have the support of the world if you are intolerant and take the law into your own hands.

Madeleine Albright

I believe we're living at a time in human history where it's just simply unacceptable that children wake up and don't know where to find a cup of food. Not only that, transforming hunger is an opportunity, but I think we have to change our mindsets. I am so honored to be here with some of the world's top innovators and thinkers. And I would like you to join with all of humanity to draw a line in the sand and say, "No more. No more are we going to accept this." And we want to tell our grandchildren that there was a terrible time in history where up to a third of the children had brains and bodies that were stunted, but that exists no more.

Josette Sheeran

The very first step toward giving to others is grateful recognition of our own assets.

While I was going through it, although I must admit that I broke down many times as the indignities of repeated handcuffing, stripping and cavity searches, swabbing, hold up with common criminals and drug addicts were all being imposed upon me despite my incessant assertions of immunity, I got the strength to regain composure and remain dignified thinking that I must represent all of my colleagues and my country with confidence and pride.

Devyani Khobragade

I found that many Americans did not even know that a country named Iran existed, let alone what it was like. Even among the diplomatic corps and among well-educated people, there was a vagueness about who the Iranians were or what the culture was, a tendency to confuse Iran with Iraq or to mistakenly assume that Iran is an Arab country simply because it is an Islamic nation. This fuzziness about the world outside is unique to America; among the intelligensia of European countries, for example, there is generally a higher level of awareness and information regarding cultures other than their own.

I am a fighter. I believe in the bright future of my country. I believe that the people of my country deserve a decent life, and I know that my people want to live in freedom.

Roza Otunbayeva

Every child and adult should have the skills and the tools to respond to the challenges of the world today and make the most of the opportunities that are available.

Now it is our turn to prove that the New Frontier was not a place in time, but a timeless call.

Caroline Kennedy

Now I am nothing but a veil; all my body is a veil beneath which a child sleeps.

Gabriela Mistral

There is always the danger that if you speak a language that recognizes only individual rights, you will become a people that can think only about individuals.

Mary Ann Glendon

We don't give them fish. However, we teach them fishing. In that way throughout your life you always have fish to eat. That is Taiwan's way in our joint co-operation in offering assistance to Taiwan's diplomatic allies in the Pacific. All these countries value their relationship with us very much.

Katharine Chang

Full, sustained, and universal democracy and respect for human rights are our guideposts. On these we do not compromise.

My faith instills in me a deep sense of humility and gratitude, reminding me how often I fall short and how much I need the savior, and how thankful I am that God has done for us what we could not do for ourselves.