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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTRepeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Wilson’s doctrine of self-determination gave a boost to the idea that wherever there dwelled a people, there should be a state.
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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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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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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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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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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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Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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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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I also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don’t.
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If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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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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This 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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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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