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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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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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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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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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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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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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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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Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
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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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There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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Painful 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.
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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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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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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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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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