"When we're trying to solve difficult national issues……" — Madeleine Albright
"When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy."
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Madeleine Albright
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140 Quotes by Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright has 140 quotes on this site.
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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or…
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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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,…
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I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are…
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If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall.…
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I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able…
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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…
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand…
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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman…
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals…
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More Adversaries Quotes
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The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.
— Albert Camus
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In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.
— Eric Cantona
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I think we have no apologies to make. We were in a state of global rivalry with a global adversary.
— Unknown Author
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a…
— Alexander Hamilton
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When it comes to physicians there is a common thread that is a major barrier to solving our concerns. We…
— Brian Day
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Any historian of the literature of the modern age will take virtually for granted the adversary intention, the actually subversive…
— Lionel Trilling
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The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling…
— Sun Tzu
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With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots,…
— Sun Tzu
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The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls…
— Sun Tzu
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Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international…
— J. William Fulbright
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