Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTTo put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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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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I once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
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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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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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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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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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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I am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people can make a difference, I am an optimist who worries a lot.
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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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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
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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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The temptation is powerful to close our eyes and wait for the worst to pass, but history tells us that for freedom to survive, it must be defended and that if lies are to stop, they must be exposed.
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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
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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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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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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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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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If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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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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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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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.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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