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To reduce the sum of our existence to a competitive struggle for advantage among more than two hundred nations is not clear-eyed but myopic. People and nations compete, but that is not all that they do.

Madeleine Albright

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 ALBRIGHT

Game Oneself People Plan Voice Willing
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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Destruction Enough Hide Nation Powerful Pretend Secure Weapon
Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Motivational Problem Understand Yourself
A dictatorship by any other name is still a dictatorship, whether its symbol is the czarist two-headed eagle or the hammer and sickle.
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Name Oppression Rule
Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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Human Principle Respect Right
Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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People Race
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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Government Herself Home
Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Character Reputation Yourself
The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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Beginning Human Issue
Peace is not a spectator sport.
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One Liner Peace
McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Fools People
The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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Greatness Life Myself
The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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Nature Philosophy Politics
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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Democracy Freedom Magic Security
The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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Human Moral Responsibility Right Virtue
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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Eyes Freedom Lie Ourselves Powerful Stop Survive Wait Worst

To reduce the sum of our existence to a competitive struggle for advantage among more than two hundred nations is not clear-eyed but myopic. People and nations compete, but that is not all that they do.

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To reduce the sum of our existence to a competitive struggle for advantage among more than two hundred nations is not clear-eyed but myopic. People and nations compete, but that is not all that they do.

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