“While I hate to ever lose a supporter, I've come to realize that one who would abandon me over a single statement or decision I made is a person who would abandon me sooner or later anyway.”
― From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STEPS to Restoring America's Greatness
― From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STEPS to Restoring America's Greatness
“The conservative revolution that Reagan helped usher in gained traction because Reagan's central insight - that the liberal welfare state had grown complacent and overly bureaucratic, with Democratic policy makers more obsessed with slicing the economic pie than with growing the pie - contained a good deal of truth.”
― The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
― The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.”
― From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STEPS to Restoring America's Greatness
― From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STEPS to Restoring America's Greatness
“In distilled form, though, the explanations of both the right and the left have become mirror images of each other. They are stories of conspiracy, of America being hijacked by an evil cabal. Like all good conspiracy theories, both tales contain just enough truth to satisfy those predisposed to believe in them, without admitting any contradictions that might shake up those assumptions. Their purpose is not to persuade the other side but to keep their bases agitated and assured of the rightness of their respective causes - and lure just enough new adherents to beat the other side into submission.”
― The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
― The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
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