Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWilson’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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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 once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
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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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I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person’s shoes.
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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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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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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.
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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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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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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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Historian Robert Paxton begins one of his books by asserting: Fascism was the major political innovation of the twentieth century, and the source of much of its pain.
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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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