The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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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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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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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.
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If 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?
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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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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.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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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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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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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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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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This is the first rule of deception: repeated often enough, almost any statement, story, or smear can start to sound plausible. The Internet should be an ally of freedom and a gateway to knowledge; in some cases, it is neither.
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