“There's a normal tendency in the campaign, during a crisis, for the country to rally around the White House. vThat may help Al Gore in this campaign, but on the other hand, George W. Bush handled himself so well the other night on foreign policy that I think it fortified him just before this crisis broke.” ThinkingWellsMayCountryHelpingHandsNightHouseWhitePolicyNormalCrisisCampaignsTendenciesBrokeWhite HouseAlsForeign PolicyGore Author:David Gergen
“Political agitation, by the passions it arouses or the convictions it engenders, may in fact stimulate men to the violation of the law. Detestation of existing policies is easily transformed into forcible resistance of the authority which puts them in execution, and it would be folly to disregard the causal relation between the two. Yet to assimilate agitation, legitimate as such, with direct incitement to violent resistance, is to disregard the tolerance of all methods of political agitation which in normal times is a safeguard of free government.” MenMayTwoFactsGovernmentWould BeLawPoliticalPassionPolicyAuthorityNormalDirectRelationMethodConvictionToleranceViolentResistanceFollyTransformedExecutionViolationDisregardAgitationFree GovernmentIncitement Book:The art and craft of judging: the decisions of Judge Learned Hand Source: The art and craft of judging: the decisions of Judge Learned Hand
“... it's important to have the right monetary policy. It's important for, to have the right fiscal policy. But it's nowhere near as important as just the normal regenerative capacity of American capitalism.” ImportantPolicyNormalCapitalismCapacityInvestingMonetaryMonetary PolicyFiscal PolicyAmerican Capitalism Author:Warren Buffett
“If you have a crippling fear of public speaking, recognize that that is perfectly normal. And know that the only way to get over those nerves is to fully understand the material, the points, the policy you are trying to explain - and then practice it a little bit.” IfsKnowsWayTryingLittlesBitsPracticePolicyMaterialsNormalLittle BitNervesGet OverPublic SpeakingPerfectly NormalFear Of Public Speaking Author:Dana Perino
“The International Control Commission isn't doing anything, it's never done anything. What good does it do to be on it or not? Before opening the embassy in Hanoi, I gave it a lot of thought, but it wasn't really a painful decision. American policy in Vietnam is what it is, in Saigon the situation is anything but normal, and I'm happy to have done what I did.” DoeDoneDecisionSituationPolicyNormalInternationalPainfulOpeningVietnamEmbassySaigonHanoi Author:Indira Gandhi
“With a normal president like President [Barack] Obama, he says a word, and that's because there has been some thought that he's done and there had been policy papers and there's been aides and there's been advisers and then there is a connection to an actual set of policies. And so, the words like have roots into actual stuff.” Has BeensDoneStuffPresidentPolicyNormalPaperRootsConnectionsBarackPapersPresident Barack ObamaAdviser Author:David Brooks
“The economy and its dismal status is the result of policy decisions that Obama has made and put into place. It's not the quirk of fate. It's not that America's best days are over. It's not that America's past was a fad or a quirk. It's not that the great economic days of the eighties were illegitimate or unreal. It's not that this is the new normal. It's not that all of the greatness in the past was undeserved. It is precisely because of Obama policies implemented since 2009 that this country is in the shape it's in.” MadeCountryAmericaPastDecisionResultsEconomyFateEconomicPolicyGreatnessShapesNormalOver ItEightyUnrealFadsQuirksNew Normal Author:Rush Limbaugh
“A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and, in modern drama, Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart.'” HeartTwoSocialModernPolicyDramaNormalDirectImpactTomsUnclesHandfulLarryDickensCabinsSocial PolicyKramerUncle TomZola Author:Tony Kushner
“The search for God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In search for God, you revert from what attracts you and swim toward that which is difficult. You abandon your comforting and familiar habits with the hope (the mere hope!) that something greater will be offered you in return for what you have given up.. if we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be.. a prudent insurance policy.” IfsSoulHumanityOrderBeliefGivenDifficultAnswersDestinyGreaterPolicyReturnHabitNormalMereFamiliarMeaning Of LifeAbandonCourageousLeapSwimWorldlyComfortingGiven UpMundanePrudentLeap Of FaithReversalInsurance Policy Author:Elizabeth Gilbert