“Bill Clinton was not a symbol. People did not invest in him their idea of what America should be or, worse, their pride in what they thought America had become. There was no great moral self-congratulation in having elected a president from Arkansas.” PeopleShouldIdeasSelfAmericaPresidentMoralPrideBillsClintonSymbolsCongratulationsArkansas Author:Charlie Pierce
“There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that 'the government' is really the most basic product of our political commonwealth, that it is what we produce among ourselves so as to order the production of everything else that we do together.” SelfReasonGovernmentTogetherPoliticalOrderProduceProductsProductionsReason WhyLatterCommonwealthSelf-government Author:Charlie Pierce
“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.” NeedsSelfHonorRevolutionaryNelsonBest Self Author:Charlie Pierce
