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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.

Madeleine Albright

The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Hide Leadership Leaving
I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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Believe Deserve Myself Yourself
Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Philosophy Truth
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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Freedom Knowledge Politics Story
Fascism, 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.
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Authority Citizenship Control Leadership Oppression Rule Student
The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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Beginning Human Issue
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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Career Himself Vote
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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Enough Man Myself Oppression Time Woman
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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Believe Myself Thinking Wasted Time
The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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Nature Philosophy Politics
Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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Beginning Enough Lie
The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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Argument Help Oneself
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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Desire Determination Goodness Human Liberty Lose Man Potential Price Win
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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Leadership People Right Strong Weakness Wrong
The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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Oneself Ourselves Purpose
To reduce the sum of our existence to a competitive struggle for advantage among more than two hundred nations is not clear-eyed but myopic. People and nations compete, but that is not all that they do.
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Existence Nation Ourselves People Struggle

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