A spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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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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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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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.
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I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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 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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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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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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I 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.
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Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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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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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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