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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

Human Responsibility Right
Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Carry Myself
To reduce the sum of our existence to a competitive struggle for advantage among more than two hundred nations is not clear-eyed but myopic. People and nations compete, but that is not all that they do.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Existence Nation Ourselves People Struggle
How can one be bored in a world where a billion examples of human ingenuity, peculiarity, pigheadedness, and compassion are on regular view?
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Compassionate Human Oneself World
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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Children Dealing Help Perspective
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.
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Death Growth Mindset
Because of my parents’ love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia – first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Democracy Home Love Myself Parents
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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Determination Idea People
Go for it, never back down, and don’t give in, because there’s no greater satisfaction in life than using your gifts to help others and to contribute to your community and country.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Community Greatness Life Satisfaction
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

Enough Man Myself Oppression Time Woman
The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Human Moral Responsibility Right Virtue
Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Character Reputation Yourself
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

Believe Myself Person Success Yourself
Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Democracy History Oppression Politics
The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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Effort Election People Power
Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Confidence Expectation Funny Job Myself Reading Time Writing

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

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