The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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.
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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries. The desire for liberty may be ingrained in every human breast, but so is the potential for complacency, confusion, and cowardice. And losing has a price.
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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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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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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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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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Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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I 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.
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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.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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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.
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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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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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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.
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