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Susan Estrich is an American lawyer, author, and political commentator, born on December 16, 1952. She has made significant contributions to the legal field and has been involved in various political campaigns.

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“Perhaps the cruelest thing ever said of Hubert Humphrey was that he had the soul of a vice president.”

Said Soul President Vices Vice President

Book:Love of Country: Discovering confidence in humanity, law and politics

Source: Love of Country: Discovering confidence in humanity, law and politics

“Violent predators are not like the rest of us. They kill for fun, for sport, for the sake of it. To compare them to animals is an insult to animals. To expect that we can rehabilitate them assumes a will to change.”

Fun Sports Animal Assuming Sake Violent Compare Insult Predator

Book:Love of Country: Discovering confidence in humanity, law and politics

Source: Love of Country: Discovering confidence in humanity, law and politics

“In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.”

Winning Election Presidential Candidates Presidential Election

Author:Susan Estrich

“When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?”

Doe Mother Dies Father Dangerous Mountain Judgment Climbs Mourn

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“Are Republican women politicians more feminine than Democratic women politicians?”

Politician Republican Democratic Feminine

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“One of the risks of a public trial is a public verdict.”

Risk Trials Verdict

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“I cant begin to count how many times I have warned politicians and candidates to worry as much about the good coverage as the bad, because the more air they put in your balloon, the bigger the target when they start shooting.”

Worry Air Politician Bigger Shooting Candidates Target Cant Coverage Balloons

Author:Susan Estrich

“The personal is political, but only to a point.”

Author:Susan Estrich

“People hate negative tactics, but the fact is, as the 3 a.m. ad demonstrates, they can be very effective.”

People Facts Hate Negative Ads Tactics

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“The politics of crime is not about a party's record or a candidates proposals, but about perceived character and values.”

Character Values Party Records Crime Presidential Candidates Proposal

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“The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman of the Democratic Party, but he put the party in a position where Bill Clinton could come in and he had a solid base to run from.”

People Knows Needs Running Names Party Position Bills Democratic Clinton Brown Household Democratic Party Chairman

Author:Susan Estrich

“A lot of Republicans are white Christians, but the Republican Party is reaching out to Hispanics, and reaching out to blacks, and reaching out to Asians.”

Christian White Party Republican Reaching Reach Out Republican Party Pumpkin

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“Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach.”

Action Moving Approach Permanent Meant To Be Keep Moving Forward Affirmative Action Affirmative Time To Move On

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“But here's my point to the LA Times. If you had a serious story to run, if you thought there was serious misconduct, you don't wait until the Thursday before the Tuesday. You run it early.”

Ifs Stories Running Waiting Serious Tuesday Thursday Misconduct

Author:Susan Estrich

“I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty.”

Beautiful Worried Beautiful Women Suspicious Really Beautiful

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“Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.”

Winning Personality Battle Popularity Contests Gore Popularity Contest

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“I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches.”

Years Used Issues Speech Happenings Debate Conventions

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“People don't vote for vice president, they vote for president.”

People President Vote Vices Vice President

Author:Susan Estrich

“So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove.”

Littles Might Bits Cases Easier Prove Little Bit Burden Alternatives Hippie

Author:Susan Estrich

“Loyalty isn't standing by someone when he's right - that's good judgment. Loyalty is standing by someone when he's wrong.”

Judgment Standing Loyalty Good Judgment

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“The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we're all going to be focused on the Olympics, and it makes that window of opportunity for Gore to win the election that much smaller.”

Problem Bigs Fall Opportunity Winning Window Election Focused Olympics American Politics Holding On Gore Big Problems Window Of Opportunity

Author:Susan Estrich

“Half of me knows too much to be carefree. But the other half knows enough to be grateful.”

Knows Enough Half Too Much Grateful Be Grateful Other Half Carefree Half Of Me

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“Even the most powerful women I know go out of their way to say that they're not really interested in power. Imagine a man saying that.”

Knows Men Way Powerful Imagine Most Powerful Powerful Women

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“Everybody knows I'm a Democrat.”

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“I don't like cheap shots, I really don't.”

Shots Cheap Shots

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“When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give a bad speech. Even a bad speech sounds good in a convention hall like this.”

Giving Hard Sound Behinds Audience Fronts Speech Standing Halls Conventions Enthusiastic Behind You

Author:Susan Estrich

“Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together.”

People Knows Together Party Republican Spending Nuts Republican Party Chairman Dean Bolts Nuts And Bolts

Author:Susan Estrich

About the Author

Born: December 16, 1952
Known for: Lawyer
Quotes: 27

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