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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
Writer
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the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.
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Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.
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I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances that was and is our common purpose.
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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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The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.
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I get up every morning and I'm grateful for everything that has happened. I go through my list about being grateful for my children and grandchildren, and for the really remarkable life that I have been able to have.
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Armageddon is not a foreign policy.
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People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
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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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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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If there's nobody in your way, you're not going anywhere.
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I think the hardest part [is] the priorities. There are an awful lot of things to do [being Secretary of State].
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I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.
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John Kerry knows more about more subjects than an awful lot of people. But I think it's a very hard job [Secretary of State].
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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 love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.
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Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very threatening problem.
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