Rick Perlstein Inspirational Quotes (5)

When legitimately constituted state authority stands down in the face of armed threats, the very foundation of the republic is in danger.

In Ronald Reagans case, he always bore with him this extraordinary ability to radiate confidence, optimism, clarity, a blitheness of spirit, in what other people saw as chaos. And after the 1970s, that was catnip.

In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.

It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions to amplify it.

Only liberals know how to make you freer on the job, which is where most of us suffer the gravest indignities in our lives.