Go 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 ALBRIGHTA spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries. The desire for liberty may be ingrained in every human breast, but so is the potential for complacency, confusion, and cowardice. And losing has a price.
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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 have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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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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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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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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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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