A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTEspecially 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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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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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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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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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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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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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I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person’s shoes.
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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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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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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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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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