The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don’t.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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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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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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Painful the grounds for resentment, the easier it is for a Fascist leader to gain followers by dangling the prospect of renewal or by vowing to take back what has been stolen.
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The temptation is powerful to close our eyes and wait for the worst to pass, but history tells us that for freedom to survive, it must be defended and that if lies are to stop, they must be exposed.
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I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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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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