The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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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The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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In 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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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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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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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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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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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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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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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Wilson’s doctrine of self-determination gave a boost to the idea that wherever there dwelled a people, there should be a state.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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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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