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Nemtsov sacrificed a lot for politics, for a freer Russia — and I’m not just talking about his life, his mortal life.

— Jay Nordlinger

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There's a point at which left and right join.

People are always criticizing Twitter. "Twitter is crazy!" they say. I think that's misguided. Twitter is simply an avenue -- there are many -- by which people reveal who they are.

I grew up with the phrase "Believe the woman." It was almost a slogan. You didn't hear it much during the Clinton years.

"Globalism" is often the most self-interested and "nationalist" thing you can do. It has been a bonanza to the United States, for sure. In capitalism, your narrowest interests are advanced by cooperation. A genius system.

Individuals are responsible for their actions. And yet . . . No man is an island. We are all subject to influences, good and bad.

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Theodor Adorno The Authoritarian Personality (1950)

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