Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
For the DPRK and its military, the ouster of Saddam Hussein conveyed a powerful message: it’s not enough to pretend to have weapons of mass destruction. To be secure, a nation must build them, own them, and hide them.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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Fascism did not die with Mussolini, he warned. Hitler is finished, but the seeds spread by his disordered mind have firm root in too many fanatical brains.
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Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.
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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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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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 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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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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