It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTA spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
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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.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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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Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
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When, at a party, a woman (half socialite, half journalist) told me how brave she thought I had been for not getting a facelift, I was tempted to comment on the courage she had shown in dealing with the results of hers.
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We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
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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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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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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.
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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.
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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Bill Clinton observed that when people are uncertain, they’d rather have leaders who are strong and wrong than right and weak.
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