What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTFascism, 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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 magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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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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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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If an advertiser can use that information to home in on a consumer because of his or her individual interests, what’s to stop a Fascist government from doing the same?
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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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This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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.
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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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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When, at a party, a woman (half socialite, half journalist) told me how brave she thought I had been for not getting a facelift, I was tempted to comment on the courage she had shown in dealing with the results of hers.
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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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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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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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