Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTFalsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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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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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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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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The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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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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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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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 once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
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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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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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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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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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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Fascism did not die with Mussolini, he warned. Hitler is finished, but the seeds spread by his disordered mind have firm root in too many fanatical brains.
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