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was a dead British orator and writer who was on my mind. Edmund Burke said the problem with war is that it usually consumes the very things that you’re fighting for—justice, decency, humanity—and I couldn’t help but think of how many times I had violated our nation’s deepest values in order to protect them.
Terry Hayes • I Am Pilgrim
Selves Left Behind Reading biography—even the brief passages above about Tom, Karen, and Raymond—inevitably
Timothy Butler • Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Discovering Your Next Career Path
We are the way we are.
Peter Block • Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used
on their own terms.
John W. Stewart • Envisioning the Congregation, Practicing the Gospel
The message of fear was all that remained.
Jean Edward Smith • FDR
to participate in the great decisions of government. There was, Lippmann brooded, no “intrinsic moral and intellectual virtue to majority rule.” Lippmann’s disenchantment with democracy anticipated the mood of today’s elites. From the top, the public, and the swings of public opinion, appeared irrational and uninformed. The human material out of wh
... See moreMartin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Warren Bennis Santa Monica, California November 1996