Because of my parents’ love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia – first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTTrump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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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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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
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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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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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The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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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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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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Go for it, never back down, and don’t give in, because there’s no greater satisfaction in life than using your gifts to help others and to contribute to your community and country.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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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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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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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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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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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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I 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.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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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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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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There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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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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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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