This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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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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The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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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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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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What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.
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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.
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Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
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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.
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First of all, I don’t think fascism is an ideology. I think it is a method, it’s a system.
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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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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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Falsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
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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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It is easier to remove tyrants and destroy concentration camps than to kill the ideas that gave them birth.
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