The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWell, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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The Fascist game plan: a single party, speaking with one voice, controlling every state institution, claiming to represent all people, and labeling the entire sham a triumph of the popular will.
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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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Wilson’s doctrine of self-determination gave a boost to the idea that wherever there dwelled a people, there should be a state.
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I once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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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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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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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.
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This 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.
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