Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTFirst of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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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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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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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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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 greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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The Fascist game plan: a single party, speaking with one voice, controlling every state institution, claiming to represent all people, and labeling the entire sham a triumph of the popular will.
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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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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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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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I am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people can make a difference, I am an optimist who worries a lot.
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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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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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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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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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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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