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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTRespect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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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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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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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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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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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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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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How can one be bored in a world where a billion examples of human ingenuity, peculiarity, pigheadedness, and compassion are on regular view?
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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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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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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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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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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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