In Ronald Reagans case, he always bore with him this extraordinary ability to radiate confidence, optimism, clarity, a blitheness of spirit, in what other people saw as chaos. And after the 1970s, that was catnip.
Only liberals know how to make you freer on the job, which is where most of us suffer the gravest indignities in our lives. - Rick Perlstein
Only liberals know how to make you freer on the job, which is where most of us suffer the gravest indignities in our lives.
- Rick Perlstein
No historical analogies are exactly precise. - Rick Perlstein
No historical analogies are exactly precise.
I cant summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tatis Play Time. You just have to see it. - Rick Perlstein
I cant summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tatis Play Time. You just have to see it.
Imagine a senator running for president whose positions included halving the military budget, socializing the medical system, re-regulating the commu… - Rick Perlstein
Imagine a senator running for president whose positions included halving the military budget, socializing the medical system, re-regulating the commu…
In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes. - Rick Perlstein
In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.
Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature. - Rick Perlstein
Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.
In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing. - Rick Perlstein
In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing.
When legitimately constituted state authority stands down in the face of armed threats, the very foundation of the republic is in danger. - Rick Perlstein
When legitimately constituted state authority stands down in the face of armed threats, the very foundation of the republic is in danger.
It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions to a… - Rick Perlstein
It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions to a…
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