Fascism did not die with Mussolini, he warned. Hitler is finished, but the seeds spread by his disordered mind have firm root in too many fanatical brains.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTHow can one be bored in a world where a billion examples of human ingenuity, peculiarity, pigheadedness, and compassion are on regular view?
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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I once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
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The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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For the DPRK and its military, the ouster of Saddam Hussein conveyed a powerful message: it’s not enough to pretend to have weapons of mass destruction. To be secure, a nation must build them, own them, and hide them.
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As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries. The desire for liberty may be ingrained in every human breast, but so is the potential for complacency, confusion, and cowardice. And losing has a price.
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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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I also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don’t.
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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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.
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A spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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Wilson’s doctrine of self-determination gave a boost to the idea that wherever there dwelled a people, there should be a state.
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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This is the first rule of deception: repeated often enough, almost any statement, story, or smear can start to sound plausible. The Internet should be an ally of freedom and a gateway to knowledge; in some cases, it is neither.
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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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