black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Peace is not a spectator sport.

Madeleine Albright

To reduce the sum of our existence to a competitive struggle for advantage among more than two hundred nations is not clear-eyed but myopic. People and nations compete, but that is not all that they do.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Existence Nation Ourselves People Struggle
I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Believe Deserve Myself Yourself
Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Beginning Enough Lie
This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Leadership Oppression Promise
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Democracy Government
Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Money Reality
What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Ability Change Choice People
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Development Myself Quite Silence Time Voice
The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Greatness Life Myself
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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Creation Difficult Effort Myself Need Team Thinking View
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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Enough Man Myself Oppression Time Woman
Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Carry Myself
The Fascist game plan: a single party, speaking with one voice, controlling every state institution, claiming to represent all people, and labeling the entire sham a triumph of the popular will.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Game Oneself People Plan Voice Willing
The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Human Responsibility Right
The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Hide Leadership Leaving
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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Desire Determination Goodness Human Liberty Lose Man Potential Price Win

Peace is not a spectator sport.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Peace is not a spectator sport.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Madeleine Albright Quotes