“If the Senate is the world's greatest deliberative body, the House is poised to be the world's greatest tweeting one.” Quote by Ruth Marcus
“Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it.” ChoicesPerfectProgressStandardsPerfectionActivistHistorianGauges Author:Jonathan Chait
“Mary Matalin and James Carville have given me more hope when it comes to love and relationships than any romance book or chick flick ever.” BookRomancePoliticalPoliticsGivenPartyFamilyIdeologyMaryPolitical PartiesChicksPartisanshipLove And RelationshipChick Flick Author:Meghan McCain
“No one will give you change. You have to work for it. You have to earn it not by screaming, but by working hard, by believing in yourself, by proving yourself. There are windows, but if you are radical, no one will talk to you. And that window will shut.” IfsGivingBelieveHardWisdomLeadershipJusticeHistoryProveWindowStrategyIdeologyRadicalBelieve In YourselfCivilityDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceProving Yourself Author:Haifaa al-Mansour
“It's great to be in a room full of young people...The average age of the Senate, I think, is death.” PeopleThinkingAgeYoungRoomsAverageSenateLaw Enforcement Author:Aaron Schock
“Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there.” GovernmentLyingCampaignsDistrust Author:Frank Bruni
“In some perfect world where human nature is less messy and history less fraught, any and all people who had ever suffered discrimination would find common cause, gathering together under one big anti-bigotry banner.” PeopleWorldHumansBigsTogetherCausesPerfectCommonHuman NatureDiscriminationBigotryGatheringMessyBannerA Perfect WorldGathering Together Author:Frank Bruni
“[Michael] Brown's mom, Lesley McSpadden, is the latest African American mother whose tear-streaked face forces the nation to remember the name of yet another unarmed black teenager gunned down under questionable circumstances.” RealityRememberFacesMotherPoliticsNamesForceNationsBlackCommunityJusticeFamilyHistoryViolenceGenerationsTearsMomCircumstancesEqualEthicsHuman RightsIdeologyAfrican AmericanTeenagerBrownFree SpeechEqual RightsQuestionableUnarmed Author:Jonathan Capehart
“Thirty-five is half a life. I can't lose the other half. I've lost so much living as a shadow of a person.” PersonsI CanWisdomRealityReligionLostLosesJusticeHalfFiveGenerationsHuman NatureEthicsShadowStrategyIndividualityIdeologyThirtyOther Half Author:Vicky Beeching
“It's a struggle every day, to stay present, not to become that...eight year old who was bullied and chased home from school. Some days I wake up and it's like I'm eight years old again. And I'm scared for my life, and I don't know if I'm going to be beaten up that day.” IfsKnowsYearsHomeRealitySchoolHistoryStruggleViolenceEqualWake UpHuman RightsScaredEightBeatenEqual RightsBullied Author:Laverne Cox
“The 'Goonies' are a close knit group. They believe in themselves, even though there are doubters throwing darts at them outside...'Goonies never say die.' That's pretty in line with the mentality of our team.” BelieveDiesCommunityLinesFamilyGroupsTeamStrategyUnityIdeologyThrowingMentalityDoubtersDarts Author:Robin Lopez