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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.

Madeleine Albright

The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Oneself Purpose
I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person’s shoes.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Believe Myself Person Success Yourself
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Development Myself Quite Silence Time Voice Women Empowerment
Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Philosophy Truth
I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Believe Deserve Myself Yourself
Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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Democracy History Oppression Politics
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.
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Brave Courage Dealing Herself Make Up Result Talk Woman
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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Democracy Fight Freedom People Scare World
McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Fools People
It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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Born Connection Destroy Easy Ideas Kill
Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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Best Word
The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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Effort Election People Power
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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Afraid Angry Direction Freedom Ourselves Pain
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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Destruction Enough Hide Nation Powerful Pretend Secure Weapon
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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Career Himself Vote
Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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Beginning Enough Lie

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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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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