To put it mildly, the world is a mess.
MADELEINE ALBRIGHTFalsehood flies, observed Jonathan Swift, and the truth comes limping after it.
More Madeleine Albright Quotes
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The answer matters because, although nature abhors a vacuum, Fascism welcomes one.
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Fascism, most of the students agreed, is an extreme form of authoritarian rule. Citizens are required to do exactly what leaders say they must do, nothing more, nothing less.
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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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A dictatorship by any other name is still a dictatorship, whether its symbol is the czarist two-headed eagle or the hammer and sickle.
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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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I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
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There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
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The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
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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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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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The conservatives saw the Fascist leader as someone they could hide behind, manipulate, and, when convenient, replace.
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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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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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The more extreme advocates from one side helped to validate the arguments of extremists on the other.
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Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.
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