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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThis 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.
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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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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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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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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First of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
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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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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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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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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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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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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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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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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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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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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