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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTPainful 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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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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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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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 answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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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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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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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 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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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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Repeat a lie often enough and it begins to sound as if it must—or at least might—be so.
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Historian Robert Paxton begins one of his books by asserting: Fascism was the major political innovation of the twentieth century, and the source of much of its pain.
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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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