The political scene in our country has never been so marked by student action, and it is not reckless to predict that this is no aberrant phenomenon but a fundamental shift in social patterns that will distinguish this era from others past.
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If the needle lives long enough, one night the needle will suggest Democrats are poised to win, even as Republicans hold a lead in the tabulated vote. In the end, the Republican candidate will survive as a major urban center doesn’t yield as many votes as the needle imagined. Or alternately, the Rep…
This is why it makes sense that liberal politicians intuitively portray danger as manageable — recall FDR’s famous Great Depression era reassurance of “nothing to fear but fear itself,” echoed decades later in Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address — and why President Trump and other Republ…
Persuasive and stupid, like every politicians' speech.
Guarantee is a word that amateurs use in politics.
— Heidi Schreck, Wes Jones, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com
Always a Whig in politics, and generally on the Whig electoral tickets, making active canvasses —I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again.
Power is like money: imaginary, entirely dependent upon belief. Most of the power of institutions lies in the faith people have in them. And cynicism is also a kind of faith: the faith that nothing can change, that those institutions are corrupt beyond all accountability, immune to intimidation or a…
There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
I realized that this city was a part of me, that it was in my blood. And I would do anything to make it a better place for people like you.
Nor is it hostility against their fellow-citizens of one section if the Union alone. The interersts, the honor, the duty, the peace, and the prosperity of the people of all sections are equally involved and imperiled in this question.
You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me by your strength.
When people say 'never again' they don't mean 'we must prevent the literal resurrection of Hitler.' They mean "watch for similar circumstances"
I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.
We need to stand up, go out and vote, talk to our legislators, and get educated. Be persistent. Because these interest groups and these politicians will not listen if we don't speak up.
The higher up the mountain the more treacherous the path.
— Bill Cain, Beau Willimon, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com
In Gaffney we had our own brand of diplomacy: shake with your right hand and hold a rock in your left.
— Kenneth Lin, Beau Willimon, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com
I will march forward, even if I have to do so alone.
After all, we are nothing more or less than what we choose to reveal.
The nature of promises, Linda, is that they remain immune to changing circumstances
Insecurity bores me.