What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTFascism 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
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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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Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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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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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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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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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.
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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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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 am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people can make a difference, I am an optimist who worries a lot.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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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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