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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.

Madeleine Albright

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Madeleine Albright
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
Politician
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Marie Jana Körbelová
Marie Jana Korbelová
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright
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There were always jokes about Hillary Clinton channeling Eleanor Roosevelt, but Eleanor Roosevelt was really instrumental at the UN, and would want to meet with various other delegates.
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Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.
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I think the jobs [at the top] are unbelievably difficult, and there is nothing easier than second-guessing people.
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And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system.
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I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.
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Even though there were three newspapers in Chicago at the time, he said 'you wouldn't want to compete with your husband, and so instead of doing what I might do now in that situation, I basically saluted and found other things to do.
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And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the “my way or the highway” approach that was evident in the previous eight years.
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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 think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.
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I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.
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I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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Well we're good friends so I'm a little prejudice, but I think [Hillary Clinton] is incredibly qualified, and better prepared to be president than almost anyone who's ever run frankly.
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I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.
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There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.
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Our life comes in segments, and we have to understand that we can have it all if we're not trying to do it all at once.
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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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I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.
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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 my violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.
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