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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Because 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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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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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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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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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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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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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A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
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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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Fascism did not die with Mussolini, he warned. Hitler is finished, but the seeds spread by his disordered mind have firm root in too many fanatical brains.
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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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