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Madeleine Albright
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Madeleine Albright
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
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Marie Jana Körbelová
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Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright
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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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I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country.
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I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt.
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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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In diplomacy, clear-cut wins and losses are rare.
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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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Leaders are made by the situations they are involved in. I think that some rise to the occasion and some do not.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates spoke and basically at commencement, he told us all that our job after graduation was to get married and have interesting sons...and we all found that hard to believe.
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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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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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The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in a ground war in Iraq.
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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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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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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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As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.
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It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.
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I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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