Madeleine Albright Quotes
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I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define.
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Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank.
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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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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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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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There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very threatening problem.
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The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.
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I am such a political person.
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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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I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
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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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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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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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People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
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The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran.
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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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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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Hugh, I know I shouldn't even be asking you this, but what we really need in order to go in and take out Saddam is a precipitous event-something that would make us look good in the eyes of the world. Could you have one of our U-2s fly low enough-and slow enough-so as to guarantee that Saddam could shoot it down?
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Mahmoud Abbas is a puppet.
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Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.
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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.
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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