Madeleine Albright Quotes

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  There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

  Madeleine Albright

  Strong Women, Business, Independent Women

  "Q&A with Arianna Huffington, co-founder of Huffington Post, on Donald Trump, sleep and the media". Interview with Laura Newberry, www.masslive.com. April 29, 2016.

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  It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  "Madeleine Albright: An Exclusive Interview". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2010.

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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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  Jobs, Army, Levels

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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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  Issues, Feminist, Reason

  Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2010.

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• If there's nobody in your way, you're not going anywhere.

  Madeleine Albright

  Way, Ifs

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• Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth.

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  Country, Determination, Passion

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• As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.

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  Inspirational, Success, Persistence

  Madeleine Albright's Commencement Address at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, www.mtholyoke.edu. May 25, 1997.

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• Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.

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  Inspirational, Graduation, Real

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  I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

  Madeleine Albright

  War, Thinking, Economic Sanctions

  "60 Minutes", May 12, 1996.

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• I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

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  Success, Guarantees, Way

  "Madam Secretary". Book by Madeleine Albright, 2003.

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• I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

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  Men, Rooms, World

  Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2010.

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• What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.

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  Freedom, People, Capacity

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• History is written backwards but lived forwards.

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  Backwards, Written

  Madeleine Albright (2001). “Madam Secretary”, Miramax Books

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• You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.

  Madeleine Albright

  Interview with Maeve Allsup, www.amwordmag.com. October 20, 2015.

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• We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Responsibility

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• I am by nature a worried optimist.

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  Optimism, Worried, Optimist

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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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  Believe, Successful, Order

  "Madeleine Albright: An Exclusive Interview". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2010.

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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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  Running, School, Thinking

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• To put it mildly, the world is a mess.

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  World, Mess

  "In Obama's Foreign Policy, Some See Patience; Some See Passivity" by Scott Horsley, www.npr.org. July 31, 2014.

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• If intelligence were a television set, it would be an early black-and-white model with poor reception, so that much of the picture was gray and the figures on the screen were snowy and indistinct. You could fiddle with the knobs all you wanted, but unless you were careful, what you would see often depended more on what you expected or hoped to see than on what was really there.

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  Black And White, Expectations, Intelligence

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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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  Jobs, Principles, Done

  "Blunt But Flexible" by Johanna McGeary, www.cnn.com. February 10, 1997.

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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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  Order, Law, Differences

  "Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership". Book by Madeleine Albright, January 8, 2008.

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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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  Cover Ups, Initials, Wrongdoing

  Madeleine Albright (2001). “Madam Secretary”, Miramax Books

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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.

  Madeleine Albright

  Running, Government, Long

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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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  Fighting, People, Democracy

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