Peggy Noonan quotes - page 2

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. (Peggy Noonan)
The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain. View quote
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The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving. View quote
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I think it's Romney. I think he's stealing in "like a thief with good tools," in Walker Percy's old words. While everyone is looking at the polls and the storm, Romney's slipping into the presidency. He's quietly rising, and he's been rising for a while. View quote
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You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: 'that world is gone.' View quote
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Let's cause some senators distress. View quote
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Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. John Kennedy had wit, and so did Lincoln, who also had abundant humor; Reagan was mostly humor. View quote
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Donald Trump's hold on history loosened, and may be breaking. In some new way his limitations are being seen and acknowledged, and at a moment when people are worried about the continuance of their country and their own ability to continue within it. He hasn't been equal to the multiple crises. Good news or bad, he rarely makes any situation better. And everyone kind of knows. View quote
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Peggy Noonan

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Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Author
Born: September 7, 1950
Quotes count: 33
Wikipedia: Peggy Noonan

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