Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTI 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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Historian Robert Paxton begins one of his books by asserting: Fascism was the major political innovation of the twentieth century, and the source of much of its pain.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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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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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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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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Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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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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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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Go for it, never back down, and don’t give in, because there’s no greater satisfaction in life than using your gifts to help others and to contribute to your community and country.
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