Charlie Pierce Quotes
Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched.
We, The People is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.
Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair.
We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be reminded, over and over again, about our own best selves.
Campaigns are no longer high-minded exchanges of ideas, even though God knows we need more good ones - ideas, that is.
If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels.
There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.
In order to get big things done, sometimes, presidents have to be deft at moving the pea around under the shells.
There is a barbarism in the American soul, and we must protect some of it by law. To root it out is to endanger our lives on the one hand, and our liberty on the other.
At the time of his death, John Kennedy had a national security establishment that was a writhing ball of snakes.