#secretary

When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to visible positions. I was 31, I'd never worked in Washington. Was I ready for this large and visible job? Still he wanted the credit. So he gave me the job but diminished the job. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#became #bill #bill clinton #clinton #credit

Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people. ↗

— George P. Shultz

#i #i am #just #know #oh

Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids' tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#also #brainy #brilliant #defense #disastrous

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. ↗

— Kenneth Robert Livingstone

#any #authority #ethical #exercise #functions

Without the Project I was nothing but a secretary on a road to nowhere, drifting toward frosted hair and menthol addiction. ↗

— Julie Powell

#humor #secretary #humor

What I found when I became Secretary of State was a lot of doubts and a lot of concerns and fears from friends, allies, around the world. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#around #became #concerns #doubts #fears

The first thing the secretary types is the boss. ↗

— Donald Trump

#first #first thing #secretary #the first thing #thing

One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#did #i #issue #just #just be

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#best #foreign #foreign policy #happen #job

I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#america #arrived #asked #because #foreign