Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTHistorian 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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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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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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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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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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First of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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The Fascist game plan: a single party, speaking with one voice, controlling every state institution, claiming to represent all people, and labeling the entire sham a triumph of the popular will.
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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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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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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 is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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For the DPRK and its military, the ouster of Saddam Hussein conveyed a powerful message: it’s not enough to pretend to have weapons of mass destruction. To be secure, a nation must build them, own them, and hide them.
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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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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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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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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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