American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture the flag. The party that loses the flag, as the Democratic party did basically from 1972 through the Iran hostage crisis, is in trouble.

Quote by George F Will

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Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years...

Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years...

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Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity...

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

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You really don't want a president who is a football fan. Football combines the worst...

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Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

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Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on...

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on...

Americans, endowed by their solicitous government with an ever-expanding array of entitlements, now have the...

Americans, endowed by their solicitous government with an ever-expanding array of entitlements, now have the...

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If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. Instead, read...

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Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we...

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Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

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World War II was the last government program that really worked.

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great...

All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with...

Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with...