I once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTPeace is not a spectator sport.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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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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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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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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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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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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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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The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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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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 real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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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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Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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