"I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new media-talk radio, the internet, cable television."

-- Douglas Brinkley

#Thinking Quotes #Media Quotes #Age Quotes

“Much of the Western world emphasizes rationality and reason, but overlooks or ignores the enormous value of intuition and instinctive wisdom.”
“It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home.”
“By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”
“We can be richer than industry as long as we know that there's things that we don't really need”

Source : Song: Oxygen, Album: Where the Humans Eat, 2004
“Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type.”

Source : Speech in the House of Commons. Hansard (transcript of Parliamentary Debates), Column 579, November 10, 1982.
“Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.”

Source : "Arena Profile: Jim Nussle". Interview with Seung Min Kim, www.politico.com. April 15, 2010.
“I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium.”
“Forget about the reasons why you can't in life and start to try”

Source : Song: Fly

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