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.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTHistorian 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.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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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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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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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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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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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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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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries. The desire for liberty may be ingrained in every human breast, but so is the potential for complacency, confusion, and cowardice. And losing has a price.
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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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Especially when we are afraid, angry, or confused, we may be tempted to give away bits of our freedom—or, less painfully, somebody else’s freedom—in the quest for direction and order.
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McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
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