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.
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 more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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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 temptation is powerful to close our eyes and wait for the worst to pass, but history tells us that for freedom to survive, it must be defended and that if lies are to stop, they must be exposed.
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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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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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For the DPRK and its military, the ouster of Saddam Hussein conveyed a powerful message: it’s not enough to pretend to have weapons of mass destruction. To be secure, a nation must build them, own them, and hide them.
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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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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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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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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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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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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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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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Because of my parents’ love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia – first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
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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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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
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