"Obama is not just a powerful speaker, but a thinker engaged with the ideas of his country and his age--this argument by historian James Kloppenberg should therefore fascinate anyone interested in American politics or how ideas shape public life. Tracing the influences of Obama's family, educational, and work experiences on his ideas, Reading Obama locates a unique individual in the crosscurrents of American democracy and continuing fights over American ideals."

-- Martha Minow

#Country Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Educational Quotes

“In few people is discretion stronger than the desire to tell a good story.”

Source : Murasaki Shikibu (2011). “The Tale of Genji”, p.507, Tuttle Publishing
“I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not”

Source : Interview with A-J Charron, www.guitarnoise.com.
“Governments are run by people. People can be bad.”
“I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get twenty-five guys who didn't ask questions.”
“There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands.”

Source : Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1949). “Murder by gaslight: Victorian tales”
“In a world like this one, only the random makes sense.”
“Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.”
“Talks have reached a critical stage and negotiators need to reach a deal on agriculture in the next two weeks if efforts to restart the Doha round by the end of the year are to succeed. Some speak of a deadlock in the talks, .. I prefer to talk of a padlock, and the key is in the hands of the EU.”

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