Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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.
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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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A Fascist who launches his career by being voted into office will have a claim to legitimacy that others do not.
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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 real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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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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The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
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I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.
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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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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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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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Trump is the first anti-democratic president in modern U.S. history.
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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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The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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