The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThis is the first rule of deception: repeated often enough, almost any statement, story, or smear can start to sound plausible. The Internet should be an ally of freedom and a gateway to knowledge; in some cases, it is neither.
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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If an advertiser can use that information to home in on a consumer because of his or her individual interests, what’s to stop a Fascist government from doing the same?
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Historian Robert Paxton begins one of his books by asserting: Fascism was the major political innovation of the twentieth century, and the source of much of its pain.
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Fascism, most of the students agreed, is an extreme form of authoritarian rule. Citizens are required to do exactly what leaders say they must do, nothing more, nothing less.
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First of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries. The desire for liberty may be ingrained in every human breast, but so is the potential for complacency, confusion, and cowardice. And losing has a price.
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Fascism did not die with Mussolini, he warned. Hitler is finished, but the seeds spread by his disordered mind have firm root in too many fanatical brains.
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I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.
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