Madeline Albright Quotes on Past (6 Quotes)

But as we have shown during the past two years, America will not be intimidated, nor will we retreat from the world,

Looking back over the past year, I do not see how any other decision could have been made or any reason for its delay,

They are next-door neighbors with a past of conflict and a present of bitter mistrust,

Israelis and Palestinians have cooperated in the past to achieve historic agreements as well as practical cooperation on the ground, ... They must find a way again to end the current psychology of confrontation and begin to restore the psychology of peace-making. That is what we will be trying to achieve in these meetings.

The struggle to reveal and deal with the full truth surrounding the handling of Holocaust-era assets is wrenching, but also cathartic, ... Only by knowing and being honest about the past, can we gain peace in the present and confidence in the future.

We believe that Croatia's future lies in the democratic community we are building. We hold Croatia to the standards of this community, not the standards of this region's autocratic and violent past,