"In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law."
-Eric Liu
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"You cannot mistake Bush's clarity of purpose. He believes in a story about freedom and opportunity that makes his followers feel like they aren't just ticking their days down but are part of something larger than themselves."
-Eric Liu
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"My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform."
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"We live in a great country. It's time again to get religion about it."
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"We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions."
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"Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar."
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-Napoleon Bonaparte
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-Ronald Reagan
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"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
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"Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have."
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"Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half."
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"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around."
-Gilbert K. Chesterton
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