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Only in America could a refugee girl from Central Europe become secretary of state.
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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Marie Jana Körbelová
Marie Jana Korbelová
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright
Madeleine Korbel Albright
Marie Jana Korbelova
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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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I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated.
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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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What you have to be concerned about are the extremists. On the whole, we need to understand the more moderate Muslims before they become more radicalized.
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If there's nobody in your way, you're not going anywhere.
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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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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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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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