Bill Clinton observed that when people are uncertain, they’d rather have leaders who are strong and wrong than right and weak.
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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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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Go 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.
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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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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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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.
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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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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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Fascism, most of the students agreed, is an extreme form of authoritarian rule. Citizens are required to do exactly what leaders say they must do, nothing more, nothing less.
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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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How can one be bored in a world where a billion examples of human ingenuity, peculiarity, pigheadedness, and compassion are on regular view?
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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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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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