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 ALBRIGHTGood guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
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We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
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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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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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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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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 main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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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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