Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI 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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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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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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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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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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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 real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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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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Because of my parents’ love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia – first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
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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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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 answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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A spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields.
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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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Painful the grounds for resentment, the easier it is for a Fascist leader to gain followers by dangling the prospect of renewal or by vowing to take back what has been stolen.
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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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