I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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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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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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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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Fascism did not die with Mussolini, he warned. Hitler is finished, but the seeds spread by his disordered mind have firm root in too many fanatical brains.
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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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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 People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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