Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTDecades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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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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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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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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I 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.
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I 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.
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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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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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To reduce the sum of our existence to a competitive struggle for advantage among more than two hundred nations is not clear-eyed but myopic. People and nations compete, but that is not all that they do.
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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 People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
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