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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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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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Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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In 2016, Fascism was searched on the Merriam-Webster dictionary website more often than any other word in English except surreal, which experienced a sudden spike after the November presidential election.
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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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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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Painful the grounds for resentment, the easier it is for a Fascist leader to gain followers by dangling the prospect of renewal or by vowing to take back what has been stolen.
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The temptation is powerful to close our eyes and wait for the worst to pass, but history tells us that for freedom to survive, it must be defended and that if lies are to stop, they must be exposed.
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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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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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I once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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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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