Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political philosophy and to persuade voters to accept it.
Government expands to absorb revenue - and then some. - Tom Wicker
Government expands to absorb revenue - and then some.
- Tom Wicker
Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition. - Tom Wicker
Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition.
He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being "alone, at the top" but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that not even a President mo… - Tom Wicker
He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being "alone, at the top" but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that not even a President mo…
Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably forced… - Tom Wicker
Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably forced…
To know things as they are is better than to believe things as they seem. - Tom Wicker
To know things as they are is better than to believe things as they seem.
Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular polit… - Tom Wicker
Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular polit…
Consensus politics is a cyclical thing-in order to accumulate power, one must dispose of it, and as one disposes of it, one must accumulate more powe… - Tom Wicker
Consensus politics is a cyclical thing-in order to accumulate power, one must dispose of it, and as one disposes of it, one must accumulate more powe…
It's a truism that denials never quite catch up with charges. Honest journalists who may have mistakenly printed false information know that the most… - Tom Wicker
It's a truism that denials never quite catch up with charges. Honest journalists who may have mistakenly printed false information know that the most…
If the true freedom of the press is to decide for itself what to publish and when to publish it, the true responsibility of the press must be to asse… - Tom Wicker
If the true freedom of the press is to decide for itself what to publish and when to publish it, the true responsibility of the press must be to asse…
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