If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault.

Quote by Peggy Noonan

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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,...

Let's cause some senators distress.

Let's cause some senators distress.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

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 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...

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

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

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.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World...

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World...

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,...

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...

The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting...

The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting...

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...

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...

Politics are always a struggle for power, disguised and modified by prudence, reason and moral...

Politics are always a struggle for power, disguised and modified by prudence, reason and moral...

The real crime is the corporate hijacking of our democracy.

The real crime is the corporate hijacking of our democracy.

Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness,...

Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness,...