McCarthy fooled as many as he did because a lot of people shared his anxieties.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTWages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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Respect for the rights of others is a lofty principle; but envy is a primal urge (p114)
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This was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things.
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Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.
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Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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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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Bill Clinton observed that when people are uncertain, they’d rather have leaders who are strong and wrong than right and weak.
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Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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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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Peace is not a spectator sport.
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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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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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Good guys don’t always win, especially when they are divided and less determined than their adversaries.
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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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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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