"These men were very much in the minority, but of course, being the 'Elect', they expected to be in a minority - the party of redemption. In fact they glorified in the slightness of their numbers, the self-purifying troop of Gideon's army... stormtroopers in the front line of the Reformation."

-- Simon Schama

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“I think the election of Donald Trump, if you want to call it an election, was unimaginable to most people, which is part of how it happened.”

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“The spirit of sarcasm lives and thrives in the midst of universal wreck; its balls are enchanted and itself invulnerable, and it braves retaliations and reprisals because itself is a mere flash, a bodiless and magical nothing.”
“Some very plausible stuff is being written by women in a way that most men are not doing.”
“You don't have favourites among your children, but you do have allies.”
“Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish.”
“Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.”
“Winter isn't forever. Winter is always followed by spring. And it's how to take advantage of whatever season you're in.”
“My start in politics was watching my parents go to the polls on election day. It reminded me that being an active, engaged citizen and voter is critical to the success of our democracy.”

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