McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWell, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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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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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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Fascism, most of the students agreed, is an extreme form of authoritarian rule. Citizens are required to do exactly what leaders say they must do, nothing more, nothing less.
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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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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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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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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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This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
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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 complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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