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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWilson’s doctrine of self-determination gave a boost to the idea that wherever there dwelled a people, there should be a state.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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I once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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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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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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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.
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How can one be bored in a world where a billion examples of human ingenuity, peculiarity, pigheadedness, and compassion are on regular view?
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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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