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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTAmong those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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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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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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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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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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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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A spoonful of sugar can be as helpful in dealing with foreign diplomats as it is in child psychology, for these are not unrelated fields.
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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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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
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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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