Charlie Pierce Quotes

According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be 'above politics.' He wasn't elected to be president, after all. He was elected as an avatar of American tolerance. His attempts to get himself reelected imply a certain, well, ingratitude.

Charlie Pierce

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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.

Brown Campbell
- Experience
- Issue
- U.S.
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

Irving Babbitt
- Control
- Happiness
- Path
Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.

J. Philippe Rushton
- People
- Work
- Family
Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!

Karen Salmansohn
- Good
- Why
- Bad
It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.

Victor Vasarely
- Unique
- Idea
- Original
Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.

Malcolm Wallop