If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we …

- Nancy Gibbs

Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is best in a nation…

- Nancy Gibbs

[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that …

- Nancy Gibbs

In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the lesson to himself. “Always remember,…

- Nancy Gibbs

While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret that its inclusion has become a dist…

- Nancy Gibbs

Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on collective debate precisely to prevent senior…

- Nancy Gibbs

Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense, and tender as well.…

- Nancy Gibbs

The challenge was that it was harder to be subtle than strident.

- Nancy Gibbs

Illusions are the truths we live by until we know better.

- Nancy Gibbs