Madeleine Albright Quotes
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The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates spoke and basically at commencement, he told us all that our job after graduation was to get married and have interesting sons...and we all found that hard to believe.
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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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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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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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People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
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The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.
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And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.
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I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
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I am such a political person.
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Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.
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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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Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.
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Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility.
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I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
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So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president.
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The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran.
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Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember - there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other.
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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
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My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.
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When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy.
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What really troubles me is that democracy is getting a bad name because it is identified with imposition and occupation. I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.
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Our nation's memory is long and our reach is far.
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Mahmoud Abbas is a puppet.
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There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do then they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.