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Madeleine Albright

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Madeleine Albright
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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I do consider myself a feminist. I know the word has weird implications for people now, but I do think that its important to have women involved, whether its business or public service or...anything.
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For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.
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What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore.
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No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.
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Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
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Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.
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If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
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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 teach at Georgetown, and I see that the students have so many different interests. The main thing is to match your passion with your knowledge, because you can't just be passionate without knowing the facts, and facts are really boring without passion.
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The bottom line is, the more we have a cadre of women moving up the scale, and it doesn't seem threatening, and people realize that women actually work much harder than men, and realize that they need more women in these jobs, I think that goes away.
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The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea.
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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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As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.
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I consider it my patriotic duty as an ordinary citizen - not as Secretary of State - to ask questions. I think we have to ask ourselves the tough questions.
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We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction.
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Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.
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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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The cover-up, more than the initial wrongdoing, is what is most likely to bring you down.
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I did go to Wellesley, a women's college. And I am of a kind of strange generation which is transitional in terms of women who wanted to go out and get jobs.
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