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Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.

Madeleine Albright

The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.
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Effort Election People Power
The real question is: who has the responsibility to uphold human rights? The answer to that is: everyone.
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Human Moral Responsibility Right Virtue
The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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Nature Philosophy Politics
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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Democracy Government
Wages, in real terms, have been stagnant since the 1970s.
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Money Reality
Because of my parents’ love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia – first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
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Democracy Home Love Myself Parents
Decades ago, George Orwell suggested that the best one-word description of a Fascist was bully.
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Best Word
I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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Believe Deserve Myself Yourself
There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
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Hell Help Place Support Woman
The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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Hide Leadership Leaving
The complexity of immigration as an issue begins with a basic human trait: we are reluctant to share.
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Beginning Human Issue
The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.
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Force Time Voice
Among those welcoming Fascism and shouting Viva Mussolini that day were two hundred Jews.
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People Race
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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Force Future Nation
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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Children Dealing Help Perspective
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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Motivational Problem Understand Yourself

Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.

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Though I had never written a memoir, I was confident that given enough time, I could do a serviceable job. Not elegant, but blunt, informative and funnier than most readers would expect.

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