Democracy demands an opposition party.

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Foreign rightwing fundamentalists attacked the United States. Domestic rightwing fundamentalists took the spotlight. And everywhere,...

Foreign rightwing fundamentalists attacked the United States. Domestic rightwing fundamentalists took the spotlight. And everywhere,...

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Were the radical democratic impulses of the American Revolution still driving US politics, it would...

Were the radical democratic impulses of the American Revolution still driving US politics, it would...

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers...

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers...

Surrender is rarely good strategy.

Surrender is rarely good strategy.

What makes him think a middle aged actor [Clint Eastwood], who's played with a chimp,...

What makes him think a middle aged actor [Clint Eastwood], who's played with a chimp,...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

We have to put politics aside and seek common ground.

We have to put politics aside and seek common ground.

NEW RULE: 'Kidiots' Leave the children behind. At least until they learn something. A new...

NEW RULE: 'Kidiots' Leave the children behind. At least until they learn something. A new...

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in...

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come...

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come...

[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal...

[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal...

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be...

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be...