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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTUnless 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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Bill Clinton observed that when people are uncertain, they’d rather have leaders who are strong and wrong than right and weak.
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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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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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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.
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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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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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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