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 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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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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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A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
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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.
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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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Especially when we are afraid, angry, or confused, we may be tempted to give away bits of our freedom—or, less painfully, somebody else’s freedom—in the quest for direction and order.
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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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I once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
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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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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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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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In 2016, Fascism was searched on the Merriam-Webster dictionary website more often than any other word in English except surreal, which experienced a sudden spike after the November presidential election.
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This is the first rule of deception: repeated often enough, almost any statement, story, or smear can start to sound plausible. The Internet should be an ally of freedom and a gateway to knowledge; in some cases, it is neither.
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