While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTBecause 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 real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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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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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.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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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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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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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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First of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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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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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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