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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTUnless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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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Historian Robert Paxton begins one of his books by asserting: Fascism was the major political innovation of the twentieth century, and the source of much of its pain.
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How can one be bored in a world where a billion examples of human ingenuity, peculiarity, pigheadedness, and compassion are on regular view?
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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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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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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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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A spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields.
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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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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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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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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