The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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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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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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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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The temptation is powerful to close our eyes and wait for the worst to pass, but history tells us that for freedom to survive, it must be defended and that if lies are to stop, they must be exposed.
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This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
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The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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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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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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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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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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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 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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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