Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

Quote by Peggy Noonan

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A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to...

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to...

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing...

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing...

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

Let's cause some senators distress.

Let's cause some senators distress.

TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a...

TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a...

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the...

If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the...

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like...

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like...

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to...

I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to...

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there...

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there...

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair,...

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair,...

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are...

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose idealism even...

The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose idealism even...

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have...

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have...