"Political genius consists in identifying oneself with a principle."

-- Simon Heffer

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“We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that realityâ€”judiciously, as you willâ€”we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”

Source : "Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush". Interview with Ron Suskind, www.nytimes.com. October 17, 2004.
“The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows.”
“How dare you treat your soil like dirt!”
“It's just, people recognize you for your work, you know? They love you for your work, and they judge you for your work. It's awesome to have people quoting you. I love it.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. July 17, 2008.
“People are who they are by the way they react to things.”
“People are incredibly rude about it sometimes. Like, `What? You`re married?` Strange reaction to have. Proves what people`s ideas about marriage are. `We`re having a baby.` `What?` As if it`s the end of the world. Of course, it`s the start of a brilliant world.”
“And while he was doing those things, he thought about Allie and the love that was missing from both their lives.”
“Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.”

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