*Teleprompter-reader Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?"; Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it." - **_60 Minutes_** (5/12/96)*
Please! She is the personification of fascism. ''If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future''.
Politics and Prose obviously has very well-read, intelligent audiences at their authors' talks, but ... please, GET to the question so more attendees can have a chance to ask their questions. Please stop monopolizing the mic and consider that we're more interested in hearing as many questions as possible, than your backstories, compliments, or personal anecdotes. Thank you.
If only our collective hearts, minds and love of country were as is reflected in Ms Albrights' soil we can be a better place that works for us all. The 1% rules politics and government attitudes. 99% need to do everything wee can to remind the minority that we are the majority! Vote, be involved in any way you can, stand up for our old ideals with a modern twist. It's not them vs us, it's all of us, with an identity in our respective countries. What you did affects others,all others not just your small circle!
What makes or breaks a democracy is the simple process of voting and the guarantee that each vote cast counts as a vote to elect whoever gets the most votes.
I can think of no single nation that has accumulated power that has not been corrupted by that power. Still, there are people in that same country who are not seduced or corrupted. They hold onto the ideals and the humane visions and principles that are so easily shed by those who become addicted to power and money. I don’t know all there is to know about Ms. Albright. She might be hypocritical. But even if she is....don’t dismiss any truth or wisdom that might be contained in her message.
It must be a highlight of one’s educational career to have Madeleine Albright as one’s teacher. Thank you for the fine presentation which is both illuminating and hopeful.
Yeah, if only Madeline could have mentored Idi Amin he could have easily quadrupled his death toll. Do people in the West have no shame? No conscience? Or are they simply totally detached from reality and from the suffering of others?
