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“When you go to Washington and get off at Union Station, as I sometimes do, and see the Capitol building, I get this hopeless feeling that comes over me.”

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George Packer

George Packer is an American journalist renowned for his in-depth investigative reporting and profound analysis of international politics. His work covers a wide range of topics from American domestic politics to global conflicts, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as American social issues. more

“The biggest issue for me is whether large numbers of Americans can begin to think that government can actually help make the country a fairer place. And that's partly a matter of policies that achieve results in terms of reducing inequality and raising middle-class and working-class incomes, which have been flat for decades. But it's also symbolic and rhetorical, it's whether Hillary Clinton can - or whoever's president - can persuade Americans that it's happening and that they can begin to trust their elected officials a little bit more and their institutions of government a little bit more.”

“We've just been sort of spinning our wheels for such a long time, for decades really, with each new president being considered illegitimate by the other side. That's been the case ever since Bill Clinton. And it's a - you can't keep frittering away your political capital that way and expect there not to be some long-term rot that sets in.”

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“I compete all over the world, so I travel two or three times a month and spend at least six months a year out of the country.”

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