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Madeleine Albright

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Madeleine Albright
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
Politician
Writer
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Marie Jana Körbelová
Marie Jana Korbelová
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright
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I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.
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I do not believe that things happen accidentally I believe you earn them.
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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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Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.
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The interesting part is, that being the United States Secretary of State, most places I went didn't have a problem with me being a woman, because I was representing the United States.
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Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.
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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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A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.
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We must be authors of the history of our age.
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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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Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.
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I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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What you have to be concerned about are the extremists. On the whole, we need to understand the more moderate Muslims before they become more radicalized.
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I 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. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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Leaders are made by the situations they are involved in. I think that some rise to the occasion and some do not.
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I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country.
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Women are more than 50% of almost every country in the world. Countries rob themselves of the resources of women if they keep them as property. It isn't that women can't find work. It's just that women don't get paid for their work and are not recognized properly. It's something that has to be on the international agenda all the time.
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I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it.
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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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