Wilson’s doctrine of self-determination gave a boost to the idea that wherever there dwelled a people, there should be a state.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTBecause of my parents’ love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia – first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
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To reduce the sum of our existence to a competitive struggle for advantage among more than two hundred nations is not clear-eyed but myopic. People and nations compete, but that is not all that they do.
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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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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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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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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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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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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 greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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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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I 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.
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