"I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans."
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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.“
-Madeleine Albright
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