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I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.
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
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There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.
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Our life comes in segments, and we have to understand that we can have it all if we're not trying to do it all at once.
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There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants my violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.
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Democracy cannot be built on revenge and you will not have the support of the world if you are intolerant and take the law into your own hands.
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I think we all are people that are the product of our backgrounds. It's wrong to think that you're not.
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For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.
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We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
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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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You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.
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The world would be entirely different if it were run by women. I think it is true that we are more seeking consensus and don't have such big egos and have a variety of different ways of trying to get along. But anybody who says that the world would be better has forgotten high school. It depends on who the women are.
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I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.
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I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated.
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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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Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.
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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.
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