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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTGo 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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In 2016, Fascism was searched on the Merriam-Webster dictionary website more often than any other word in English except surreal, which experienced a sudden spike after the November presidential election.
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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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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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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 complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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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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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 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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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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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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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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Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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