Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThere are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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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 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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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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This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
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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 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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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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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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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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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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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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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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