A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTBill 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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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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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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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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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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Especially when we are afraid, angry, or confused, we may be tempted to give away bits of our freedom—or, less painfully, somebody else’s freedom—in the quest for direction and order.
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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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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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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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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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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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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