I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTIt is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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First of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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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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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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Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.
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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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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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I also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don’t.
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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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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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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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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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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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