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I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.

Madeleine Albright

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Madeleine Albright
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
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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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Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.
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Glass ceilings have been broken, but more have to be broken.
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.
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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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I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.
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Unfortunately for the Iraqi people, instead of meeting these requirements, for six years, Saddam Hussein has lied, delayed, obstructed and tried to deceive
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I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done.
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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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Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.
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I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt.
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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
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Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.
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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 am such a political person.
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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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