Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWhatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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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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For the DPRK and its military, the ouster of Saddam Hussein conveyed a powerful message: it’s not enough to pretend to have weapons of mass destruction. To be secure, a nation must build them, own them, and hide them.
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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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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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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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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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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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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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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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The temptation is powerful to close our eyes and wait for the worst to pass, but history tells us that for freedom to survive, it must be defended and that if lies are to stop, they must be exposed.
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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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