Off the Reservation Quotes

“How could one engage the world and yet not be cheapened by the aggressive dumbing-down that was the lifeblood of the commercial culture, the festering underbelly of the polity he sought to lead?”
― Glen Merzer, Off the Reservation

“Government is not the solution, and it is not the problem. Government is the thing that collects taxes and paves roads and chooses to either invest or not invest in the future.”
― Glen Merzer, Off the Reservation

“But, win or lose, it isn’t in me to promise what I can’t deliver. When you go to your caucus site on Tuesday, I want you to think about the promises the other candidates have made, and my lack of promises, and ask yourself, do I want one of the guys who’s confident he can turn this country around on a dime, or do I want the guy who isn’t so confident, and therefore will be asking questions and making objective analyses every step of the way? Evaluate that by whatever measure you choose.” An”
― Glen Merzer, Off the Reservation

“would love to live at the White House. That would be like one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.” “I may not win, Nicole.” “That’s the wrong attitude, Dad.” “No, that’s the right attitude. If you attach yourself to winning, to living at the White House, to all the privileges that come with being part of the First Family, you’ll only be disappointed. The prize isn’t going to be winning. The prize will be in how we conduct the campaign. It’s going to be different.”
― Glen Merzer, Off the Reservation

“Let’s not encourage that scourge by accepting its premise that there exists such a thing as different races of human beings. There is the human race, and that’s that.”
― Glen Merzer, Off the Reservation

“and I realized I couldn’t imagine going through life not being in her presence. That her mere presence enveloped me in a kind of warmth. And it hit me that that’s pretty much the essence of love.”
― Glen Merzer, Off the Reservation

“The responsibility to educate the next generation should be solemn. Unlike, say, the obligation to incarcerate people who have inhaled the smoke of the burning leaves of an illegal plant.”
― Glen Merzer, Off the Reservation

“There is no such thing as race. Let’s put that foolishness behind us. There is no biological or scientific definition of the term; it is a fallacy. I have promised you an administration guided by science, and there is no scientific basis to the malicious notion that skin color should define a race any more than hair color or eye color or shoe size. There is, however, of course, such a thing as racism. Racism depends upon, and springs from, a belief in race. Let’s not encourage that scourge by accepting its premise that there exists such a thing as different races of human beings. There is the human race, and that’s that.”
― Glen Merzer, Off the Reservation