“I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president.” ThinkingWould BeAmericaSocialBlackPresidentPathEasierFemaleInstanceUnfortunateLegitimacyUnmarriedFemale President Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“[The American public demands] a sense of legitimacy from and in the presidency. There is more to this than dignity, more than propriety. The president is expected to personify our betterness in an inspiring way, to express in what he does and is, not just what he says, a moral idealism which, in much of the public mind, is the very opposite of politics.” WayMindDoePresidentMoralDemandDignityOppositesExpectedIdealismPresidencyLegitimacyPropriety Author:James David Barber