Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWilson’s doctrine of self-determination gave a boost to the idea that wherever there dwelled a people, there should be a state.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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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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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.
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There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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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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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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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Fascism did not die with Mussolini, he warned. Hitler is finished, but the seeds spread by his disordered mind have firm root in too many fanatical brains.
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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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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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