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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.
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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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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I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.
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I think the jobs [at the top] are unbelievably difficult, and there is nothing easier than second-guessing people.
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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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Glass ceilings have been broken, but more have to be broken.
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I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.
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I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.
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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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My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.
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The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea.
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In diplomacy, clear-cut wins and losses are rare.
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No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.
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History is written backwards but lived forwards.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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I consider it my patriotic duty as an ordinary citizen - not as Secretary of State - to ask questions. I think we have to ask ourselves the tough questions.
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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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A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions.
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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