We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
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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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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This is the first rule of deception: repeated often enough, almost any statement, story, or smear can start to sound plausible. The Internet should be an ally of freedom and a gateway to knowledge; in some cases, it is neither.
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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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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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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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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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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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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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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If an advertiser can use that information to home in on a consumer because of his or her individual interests, what’s to stop a Fascist government from doing the same?
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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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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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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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