Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
At a campaign rally in Florida (13 October 2016)
2010s, 2016, October
2000s, 2002, Letter to the American people (2002)
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
At a campaign rally in Florida (13 October 2016)
2010s, 2016, October
Rush Limbaugh (1951) U.S. radio talk show host, Commentator, author, and television personality
On Sarah Palin's Going Rogue: An American Life, The Rush Limbaugh Show, November 20, 2009 http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911130014
“You who make the laws, the vices and the virtues of the people will be your work.”
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767–1794) military and political leader
(Autumn 1792) [Source: Oeuvres Complètes de Saint-Just, vol. 1 (2 vols., Paris, 1908), p. 380]
Heather Cox Richardson American historian
"Bring Back the Party of Lincoln" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/opinion/bring-back-the-party-of-lincoln.html?_r=0 (3 September 2014), The New York Times, New York
Donna Brazile (1959) American author, educator, and political activist and strategist
As quoted in "Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC" https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774 (November 02, 2017), by Donna Brazile, PoliticoMagazine
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2016, DNC Address (July 2016)
Context: I think it's fair to say, this is not your typical election. It’s not just a choice between parties or policies; the usual debates between left and right. This is a more fundamental choice — about who we are as a people, and whether we stay true to this great American experiment in self-government.
Look, we Democrats have always had plenty of differences with the Republican Party, and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s precisely this contest of idea that pushes our country forward. But what we heard in Cleveland last week wasn’t particularly Republican — and it sure wasn’t conservative. What we heard was a deeply pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other, and turn away from the rest of the world. There were no serious solutions to pressing problems — just the fanning of resentment, and blame, and anger, and hate.
And that is not the America I know. The America I know is full of courage, and optimism, and ingenuity. The America I know is decent and generous.
Scott Ritter book Frontier Justice
Frontier Justice: Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bushwhacking of America, 2003
2003
James Bovard (1956) American journalist
From Attention Deficit Democracy (Palgrave, 2006) http://www.jimbovard.com/Epigrams%20Attention%20Deficit%20Democracy.htm