The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWilson’s doctrine of self-determination gave a boost to the idea that wherever there dwelled a people, there should be a state.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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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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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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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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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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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.
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Painful the grounds for resentment, the easier it is for a Fascist leader to gain followers by dangling the prospect of renewal or by vowing to take back what has been stolen.
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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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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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