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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTThe answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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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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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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The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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Fascism 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.
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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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Fascism, most of the students agreed, is an extreme form of authoritarian rule. Citizens are required to do exactly what leaders say they must do, nothing more, nothing less.
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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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In 2016, Fascism was searched on the Merriam-Webster dictionary website more often than any other word in English except surreal, which experienced a sudden spike after the November presidential election.
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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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The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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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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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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