Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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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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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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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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I 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.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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Fascism, most of the students agreed, is an extreme form of authoritarian rule. Citizens are required to do exactly what leaders say they must do, nothing more, nothing less.
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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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