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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived...

You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived...

Let's cause some senators distress.

Let's cause some senators distress.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

Abortion is either OK or it's not.

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,...

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 never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness...

A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and...

A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and...