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“There are cycles in American politics. US cycles are even more pronounced because we Americans have a totally entrepreneurial presidential system. We don't have parliamentary opposition parties with a shadow prime minister and shadow cabinets. Every four years, the opposition reinvents itself.”

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Charles Krauthammer

Charles Krauthammer, an American renowned columnist, was born on March 13, 1950. He is known for his profound political analysis and unique insights, having won the Pulitzer Prize. more

“The word "people" is unpleasant to me. The phrase "Soviet people" was drummed into us from childhood on. I love concrete people, enlightened people who live conscious lives and do not simply sit there and vegetate. To love the people you have to be the general secretary of the Communist Party or an absolute dictator.”

People Party Childhood Conscious Absolutes Phrases Enlightened Communist Soviet Concrete Dictator Secretary Communist Party

Author:Vladimir Sorokin

“Truman left in the middle of an unpopular war, a war of choice. Truman didn't have to go into South Korea. And he was reviled and ridiculed for the stalemate that resulted. Now, he's seen as one of the great presidents of the 20th century.”

War Choices Left President Middle Century South 20th Century Korea Truman South Korea Great Presidents Stalemate

Author:Charles Krauthammer

“The West should be even more vocal in insisting that the Russians respect human rights.”

Should Humans Rights West Human Rights Vocal Insisting

Author:Vladimir Sorokin

“But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based.”

Mean Possibility Citizens Perception Destructive Recognizing Brutality New Possibilities Ira

Book:Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996