The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThere are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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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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This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.
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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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I once experimented with meditation, cleared my mind, and immediately remembered a phone call I had to make; that was that.
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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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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 real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
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