"In that sense, Obama is America's first postmodern president. If his predecessors tended to see the world in terms of good and evil, Obama sees the world in terms of victims and victimizers - with the United States often in the role of victimizer. In that view, long favored by the academic left that shaped a young Barack Obama, American foreign policy is one long train of abuses, marked by casual aggression and eager imperiousness."

-- Stephen F. Hayes

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“I wouldnâ€™t want you to get in the shower and then pass out or some such. How about if I help you get out of your clothes? Iâ€™m an expert in platonic undressings.â€ He gave me that wicked smile. â€œGive it a rest. Iâ€™m not going to strip naked in front of you, and Iâ€™d rather pee in private.â€ â€œHalf the injuries in a home happen in the bathroom. What kind of friend would I be to let you face that kind of danger alone? I mean, sure, you walked out of death, but this is a shower.â€ â€œShame. Get out of my bathroom.”
“I believe in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican.”

Source : "Interview with Representative Renee Ellmers". RealClearPolitics interview, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 1, 2011.
“As eight years before, he was leaving ... to rewrite his destiny in orderly fashion.”

Source : Alessandro Baricco (1998). “Silk”, Vintage
“When you believe yourself to be master of your thoughts, you become so.”
“The mixing of government and religion can be a threat to free government, even if no one is forced to participate.... When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion, it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do not adhere to the favored beliefs. A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that God prefers some.”
“After all, we are not children. It's time we planned our life.”
“Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face, She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.”
“Every new party, every new bunch of people, and I start thinking that maybe this is my chance.That I'm going to be normal this time. A new leaf. A fresh start. But then I find myself at the party, thinking, Oh, yeah. This again.”

Source : Carol Rifka Brunt (2012). “Tell the Wolves I'm Home: A Novel”, p.34, Dial Press

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