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 ALBRIGHTI 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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 main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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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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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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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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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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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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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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Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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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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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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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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Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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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.
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There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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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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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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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.
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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.
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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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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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