Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTRespect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThis was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTGood guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTFor the DPRK and its military, the ouster of Saddam Hussein conveyed a powerful message: it’s not enough to pretend to have weapons of mass destruction. To be secure, a nation must build them, own them, and hide them.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTFirst of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWhat people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTLife is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTRepeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTIt is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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