I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
-
-
I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person’s shoes.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
Especially when we are afraid, angry, or confused, we may be tempted to give away bits of our freedom—or, less painfully, somebody else’s freedom—in the quest for direction and order.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
I am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people can make a difference, I am an optimist who worries a lot.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
Fascism, most of the students agreed, is an extreme form of authoritarian rule. Citizens are required to do exactly what leaders say they must do, nothing more, nothing less.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT -
The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT