Painful the grounds for resentment, the easier it is for a Fascist leader to gain followers by dangling the prospect of renewal or by vowing to take back what has been stolen.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTPainful the grounds for resentment, the easier it is for a Fascist leader to gain followers by dangling the prospect of renewal or by vowing to take back what has been stolen.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI 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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWell, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe temptation is powerful to close our eyes and wait for the worst to pass, but history tells us that for freedom to survive, it must be defended and that if lies are to stop, they must be exposed.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTBecause 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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTIf an advertiser can use that information to home in on a consumer because of his or her individual interests, what’s to stop a Fascist government from doing the same?
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTA dictatorship by any other name is still a dictatorship, whether its symbol is the czarist two-headed eagle or the hammer and sickle.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTUnless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTTo put it mildly, the world is a mess.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI 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 ALBRIGHTI 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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThere is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTRespect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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