A dictatorship by any other name is still a dictatorship, whether its symbol is the czarist two-headed eagle or the hammer and sickle.
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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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A spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields.
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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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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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I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
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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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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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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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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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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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