I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTFascism, 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.
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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First of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
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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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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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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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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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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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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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I am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people can make a difference, I am an optimist who worries a lot.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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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.
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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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