A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
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When, at a party, a woman (half socialite, half journalist) told me how brave she thought I had been for not getting a facelift, I was tempted to comment on the courage she had shown in dealing with the results of hers.
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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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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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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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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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 greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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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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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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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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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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I am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people can make a difference, I am an optimist who worries a lot.
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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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