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 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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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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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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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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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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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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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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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I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.
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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries. The desire for liberty may be ingrained in every human breast, but so is the potential for complacency, confusion, and cowardice. And losing has a price.
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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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Especially when we are afraid, angry, or confused, we may be tempted to give away bits of our freedom—or, less painfully, somebody else’s freedom—in the quest for direction and order.
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