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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.
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
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Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright
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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 cover-up, more than the initial wrongdoing, is what is most likely to bring you down.
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I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done.
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People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
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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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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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There were always jokes about Hillary Clinton channeling Eleanor Roosevelt, but Eleanor Roosevelt was really instrumental at the UN, and would want to meet with various other delegates.
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I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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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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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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Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.
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