Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTRespect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWhile democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTGo 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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTGood guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTEspecially 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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTTrump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWell, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThere is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTIt took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTIt took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThere are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTA dictatorship by any other name is still a dictatorship, whether its symbol is the czarist two-headed eagle or the hammer and sickle.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTTo put it mildly, the world is a mess.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people can make a difference, I am an optimist who worries a lot.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWhen, 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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