“Differences in political opinions are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary; but it is exceedingly to be regretted that subjects cannot be discussed with temper on the one hand, or decisions submitted to without having the motives, which led to them, improperly implicated on the other; and this regret borders on chagrin when we find that men of abilities, zealous patriots, having the same general objects in view, and the same upright intentions to prosecute them, will not exercise more charity in deciding on the opinions and actions of one another.” MenMayHandsActionPoliticalCertainDifferencesAbilityDecisionViewsOpinionSubjectsObjectsRegretExerciseIntentionCharityBordersMotiveTemperPatriotPartisanshipZealousChagrinPolitical Opinions Book:The real George Washington Source: The real George Washington
“Here I am: a Russian-speaking Jew living in Canada, and you, an Indian ex-patriot living in San Francisco. All of a sudden we commune in this moment about a much older Russian political dissident.That's the human part of being human: feeling those moments.” HumansMomentsFeelingsPoliticalJewIndianCanadaPatriotBeing HumanExesSan FranciscoHere I AmCommunesDissidents Author:David Bezmozgis
“Poor, successful, fallible Republican party! If it could only have kept the purity of the patriot impulse of which it was born!” IfsPoliticalBornPoorPartySuccessfulRepublicanImpulsePurityPatriotRepublican PartyPolitical Parties Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life