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If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

Madeleine Albright

Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Human Principle Respect Right
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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Myself Peace People Reading Thinking War Worry
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
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Force Future Nation
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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Leadership People Right Strong Weakness Wrong
I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Believe Deserve Myself Yourself
The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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Oneself Purpose
I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Act Faith Life Myself Success
The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Democracy Freedom Magic Security
There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Choice Deep Religion Yourself
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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Hell Help Important Myself Place Thinking Woman Woman Empowerment
It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Born Connection Destroy Easy Ideas Kill
A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Career Himself Vote
Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

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

Ability Change Choice People

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