The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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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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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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This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
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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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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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How can one be bored in a world where a billion examples of human ingenuity, peculiarity, pigheadedness, and compassion are on regular view?
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Go for it, never back down, and don’t give in, because there’s no greater satisfaction in life than using your gifts to help others and to contribute to your community and country.
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Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
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I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person’s shoes.
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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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