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"There are no shortcuts. The road cannot be made by wishing, by whining, or by talking. It can be made only by walking, day after day, step by step, struggle by struggle. It's easier, it turns out, to get people out of slavery than it is to get slavery out of people. So, people, let us walk the road -- right through the middle of the desert."

"Her last thought, before that bullet, was that she was four months' pregnant, and that if we do not fight to create a future there will be no future for any of us."

I read the sample chapters online, and immediately went out and bought it. The heart behind this book speaks directly to the things I've been wrestling with for the last several years.

The combination of this book and "This Town" really helps me understand why Obama failed in his first term.

Croup and Vandemar: Those Two Bad Guys done brilliantly, creepily well.