Madeline Allbright

b 15 May 1937

First woman US Secretary of State (in the Clinton administration, 1997).

There is a special place in Hell reserved for women who do not help other women.

To understand Europe you have to be a genius - or French.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.

I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.