Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.
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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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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I also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don’t.
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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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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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Bill Clinton observed that when people are uncertain, they’d rather have leaders who are strong and wrong than right and weak.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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