Peggy Noonan Quotes - Page 3

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• Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

  Peggy Noonan

  Imagination, Function, Wit

  "What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era". Book by Peggy Noonan, 1990.

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• The Democratic Party will now stick with its guy forever, no matter how harmful he is. Perhaps you call that loyalty, and perhaps there's something to it, but a bigger part, I believe, is that you have come to think that winning is everything-that victory is the purpose of politics.

  Peggy Noonan

  Loyalty, Party, Believe

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• We don't need to 'control' free speech, we need to control ourselves.

  Peggy Noonan

  Freedom Of Speech, Needs, Free Speech

  Peggy Noonan (2008). “Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now”, Harper

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• George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, became the first incumbent president to increase his majority in both the Senate and the House and to increase his own vote (by over 3.5 million) since Franklin D. Roosevelt, political genius of the 20th century, in 1936.

  Peggy Noonan

  House, Political, President

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• Ted Sorrenson, JFK's presidential speech writer, when asked how it came about that he wrote the "ask not what you can do..." speech, he would answer 'ask not.'

  Peggy Noonan

  Presidential, Answers, Speech

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• The Democratic party should say, "Thank you very much, but you know what, we're going back to be a big-tent party. Broad on social issues like this, we are declaring, go with your heart if you truly feel that you can be, that you are pro-life, and you wanna be pro-life, and a Democrat, go for it." The Democratic party has I think been hurt very badly in terms of its national reputation with this narrow, sort of, you can't be in our party if you don't hold the right views on abortion. It would be a brilliant political move if they opened up.

  Peggy Noonan

  Hurt, Party, Moving

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

  Peggy Noonan

  Strong, Politics, Sincerity

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• Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

  Peggy Noonan

  Love, Disappointment, Fall

  Peggy Noonan, Steven Emerson, Brian Duffy, Thomas J. Watson, Peter Petre (1990). “Today's Best Nonfiction”

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• What I got was not so much gifts and whishes come trues but a feeling of peace. I got peace itself, actually. And when you have peace, you can be strong; and when you are strong, you can get through what you have to get through, and not with exhaustion and frown marks and slumped shoulders but with relative happiness, and humor, and sometimes even gaiety.

  Peggy Noonan

  Strong, Feelings, Sometimes

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• The first snow always startles. It covers the tricycle in the driveway, turning its frame into an abstact sculpture that says: See how quickly yesterday turns into today.

  Peggy Noonan

  Yesterday, Snow, Sculpture

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• Politicians, please, think of yourselves! Move to help Terri Schiavo, and no one will be mad at you, and you'll keep a human being alive.

  Peggy Noonan

  Moving, Thinking, Mad

  "Conservatives ♥ 'South Park'" by Frank Rich, www.nytimes.com. May 1, 2005.

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• I was sailing from tedium to apathy with a side trip to torpor.

  Peggy Noonan

  Boredom, Sailing, Apathy

  Peggy Noonan (1990). “What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era”, Random House (NY)

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• Some of the stupidest brilliant people who ever lived.

  Peggy Noonan

  People, Interesting, Brilliant

  Peggy Noonan (2015). “The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings”, p.74, Hachette UK

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• In the 1950s and '60s the [democrat] party included many obviously earnest and thoughtful liberals who supported goals that were in line with and expressions of serious beliefs. They believed that America was an exceptional country.

  Peggy Noonan

  Country, Party, Thoughtful

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• [democrats] have become the party of snobs. You have become the party of Americans who think they're better than other Americans.

  Peggy Noonan

  Party, Thinking, Politics

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• The Democratic Party's complete obeisance to [the abortion] lobby makes Democrats look bought, frightened and craven.

  Peggy Noonan

  Party, Abortion, Looks

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• I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps.

  Peggy Noonan

  Love, Moving, Fog

  Peggy Noonan (1990). “What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era”, Random House (NY)

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• Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

  Peggy Noonan

  Magic, Speech, Policy

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• Mr. Bush has squandered the hard-built paternity of 40 years. But so has the party, and so have its leaders. If they had pushed away for serious reasons, they could have separated the party's fortunes from the president's. This would have left a painfully broken party, but they wouldn't be left with a ruined brand,- as they all say, speaking the language of marketing. And they speak that language because they are marketers, not thinkers. Not serious about policy. Not serious about ideas. And not serious about leadership, only followership.

  Peggy Noonan

  Party, Years, Ideas

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• I should say here, because some in Washington like to dream up ways to control the Internet, that we don't need to 'control' free speech, we need to control ourselves.

  Peggy Noonan

  Dream, Needs, Speech

  Peggy Noonan (2008). “Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now”, Harper

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• The core of the concept of a bribe is an inducement improperly influencing the performance of a public function meant to be gratuitously exercised.

  Peggy Noonan

  Influence, Function, Performances

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• The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it's their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment.

  Peggy Noonan

  Jobs, Party, Tired

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• Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered.

  Peggy Noonan

  Talking, Important, Speech

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• Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents.

  Peggy Noonan

  Adults, Want, Journalism

  Peggy Noonan (1990). “What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era”, Random House (NY)

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• Abortion is either OK or it's not.

  Peggy Noonan

  Abortion

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