"The U.S. has become a defacto one-party state, with the legislative branch permanently controlled by an incumbent's party and every president exploiting his role as Commander-in-Chief to expand on the imperial prerogatives of his office."

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Source : "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism". Book by Andrew Bacevich, 2008.

Andrew Bacevich

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“Most of us live our lives desperately trying to conceal the anguishing gap between our polished, aspirational, representational selves and our real, human, deeply flawed selves. Dunham lives hers in that gap, welcomes the rest of the world into it with boundless openheartedness, and writes about it with the kind of profound self-awareness and self-compassion that invite us to inhabit our own gaps and maybe even embrace them a little bit more, anguish over them a little bit less.”
“I'm lonely, but everyone is lonely So at least I know I'm not alone.”
“Women always feel like they're being stared at and judged, and rightfully so”
“If you've never watched people watch television, I don't recommend it. It's not an exciting thing to do.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.”

Source : "Semi-annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day", vol.70, p. 18, 1899.
“What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]”
“I don't think anyone can calculate the effect of having a Jew on the ticket.”

Source : "Gore's Leap Of Faith" by Eric Pooley, www.cnn.com. August 14, 2000.
“Look at how successful the domestic workers movement has been. But it's different when it's your husband hiring someone. Domestic workers quite literally say, "You need to get your house in order. You can't join this movement unless you look at yourself." And they're very forgiving, amnesty for everyone. "You haven't been paying into your nanny's unemployment insurance? That's cool, we'll teach you how to get right and go from there." What would the parallel be around sex workers? I don't know if there can be one.”

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