Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTHate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
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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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A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
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Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
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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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How can one be bored in a world where a billion examples of human ingenuity, peculiarity, pigheadedness, and compassion are on regular view?
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Especially when we are afraid, angry, or confused, we may be tempted to give away bits of our freedom—or, less painfully, somebody else’s freedom—in the quest for direction and order.
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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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For 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.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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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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Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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