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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

Madeleine Albright

Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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Money Reality
There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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Hell Help Place Support Woman
Peace is not a spectator sport.
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One Liner Peace
Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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Motivational Problem Understand Yourself
Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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Best Word
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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Leadership People Right Strong Weakness Wrong
Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Philosophy Truth
Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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Emotional Hate Policy
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
Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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Beginning Enough Lie
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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Confidence Expectation Funny Job Myself Reading Time Writing
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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Career Himself Vote
Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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Determination Goodness Win
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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Myself Peace People Reading Thinking War Worry
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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Determination Idea People
Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
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Character Reputation Yourself

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

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