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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.

Madeleine Albright

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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Book Himself Innovation Oneself Pain Politics
McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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Fools People
First of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
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Ideas Myself Thinking
To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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Mess One Liner Reality World
The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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Argument Help Oneself
The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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Human Moral Responsibility Right Virtue
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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Democracy Government
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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Democracy Home Love Myself Parents
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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Force Future Nation
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.
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Destruction Enough Hide Nation Powerful Pretend Secure Weapon
Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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Money Reality
The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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Force Time Voice
Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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Democracy History Oppression Politics
Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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Attitude Instagram Captions Life Philosophy
The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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Oneself Ourselves Purpose
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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Game Oneself People Plan Voice Willing

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