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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.

Madeleine Albright

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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Determination Idea People
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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Motivational Problem Understand Yourself
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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Afraid Angry Direction Freedom Ourselves Pain
Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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Determination Goodness Win
McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Fools People
I also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don’t.
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Hell Help Important Myself Place Thinking Woman Woman Empowerment
A dictatorship by any other name is still a dictatorship, whether its symbol is the czarist two-headed eagle or the hammer and sickle.
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Name Oppression Rule
Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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Human Principle Respect Right
Peace is not a spectator sport.
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One Liner Peace
Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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Democracy History Oppression Politics
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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Ability Different Leadership Understand View
Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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Difference Human Learning Myself Relationship
The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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Argument Help Oneself
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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Democracy Government
To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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Mess One Liner Reality World
The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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Greatness Life Myself

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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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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