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I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.
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
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Marie Jana Korbelova
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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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There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.
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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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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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A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions.
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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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I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.
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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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Glass ceilings have been broken, but more have to be broken.
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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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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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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I do not believe that things happen accidentally I believe you earn them.
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The world would be entirely different if it were run by women. I think it is true that we are more seeking consensus and don't have such big egos and have a variety of different ways of trying to get along. But anybody who says that the world would be better has forgotten high school. It depends on who the women are.
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My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.
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We must be authors of the history of our age.
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I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.
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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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Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.
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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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