It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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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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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A dictatorship by any other name is still a dictatorship, whether its symbol is the czarist two-headed eagle or the hammer and sickle.
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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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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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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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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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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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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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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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Bill Clinton observed that when people are uncertain, they’d rather have leaders who are strong and wrong than right and weak.
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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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 conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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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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The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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