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There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.

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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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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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 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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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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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 have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.
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Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.
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A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.
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I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.
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Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.
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As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
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History is written backwards but lived forwards.
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Women have to work exceptionally hard.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason.
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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 do not believe that things happen accidentally I believe you earn them.
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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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