While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTHow 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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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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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I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person’s shoes.
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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.
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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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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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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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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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