Wilson’s doctrine of self-determination gave a boost to the idea that wherever there dwelled a people, there should be a state.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTIn 2016, Fascism was searched on the Merriam-Webster dictionary website more often than any other word in English except surreal, which experienced a sudden spike after the November presidential election.
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To reduce the sum of our existence to a competitive struggle for advantage among more than two hundred nations is not clear-eyed but myopic. People and nations compete, but that is not all that they do.
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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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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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When, at a party, a woman (half socialite, half journalist) told me how brave she thought I had been for not getting a facelift, I was tempted to comment on the courage she had shown in dealing with the results of hers.
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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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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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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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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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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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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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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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The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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