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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTGo 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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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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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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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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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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Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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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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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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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As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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If an advertiser can use that information to home in on a consumer because of his or her individual interests, what’s to stop a Fascist government from doing the same?
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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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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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