“In a period of such obsessing political controversy as the present, I believe that I am that strange animal, the individual without any politics at all.” BelievePoliticalIndividualI BelieveAnimalStrangePeriodsControversyObsessing Book:The Enemy: A Review of Art and Literature Source: The Enemy: A Review of Art and Literature
“Long ago, there was a noble word, liberal, which derives from the word free. Now a strange thing happened to that word. A man named Hitler made it a term of abuse, a matter of suspicion, because those who were not with him were against him, and liberals had no use for Hitler. And then another man named McCarthy cast the same opprobrium on the word. ... We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.” MenLongMadeMatterUsePoliticalTermPartyHappenedStrangeHonorAbuseCastsNobleThings HappenCeaseMade ItCherishSuspicionLong AgoPolitical PartiesAnother ManStrange Things Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“We are creating a political demolition derby, not a presidential debate. Those strange impulses in the American soul that have produced mud wrestling and The Gong Show seem to have claimed the national campaign.” SoulShowsSeemsPoliticalStrangeCreatingCampaignsDebateImpulsePresidentialWrestlingMudAmerican PoliticsGongsDerbyDemolitionPresidential DebateDemolition Derby Author:Hugh Sidey