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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.

Madeleine Albright

The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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Effort Election People Power
McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Fools People
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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Force Future Nation
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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Freedom Knowledge Politics Story
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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Desire Determination Goodness Human Liberty Lose Man Potential Price Win
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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Authority Citizenship Control Leadership Oppression Rule Student
Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Philosophy Truth
The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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Human Moral Responsibility Right Virtue
The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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Nature Philosophy Politics
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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Choice Deep Religion Yourself
Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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Human Principle Respect Right
Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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Money Reality
Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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Difference Human Learning Myself Relationship
I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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Enough Man Myself Oppression Time Woman
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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Democracy Government
There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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Hell Help Place Support Woman

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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