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I came to Washington understanding what the Senate is capable of accomplishing and knowing that I'd have myriad opportunities as a senator to get things done. ”
Obama, for all his brilliance, has no real, felt understanding of management structures or of business. ”
No one is asking for an Oprah in Chief. Anyhow, Obama is too chilly by nature ever to be convincing as a human care package. ”
I think anything that increases your understanding of the human condition... I think age and life, if you're lucky, makes you think deeper, and the other thing it makes you realize is that you never stop learning, and you never lose your fear of getting it wrong. ”
You create a proto-human being out of people that you've encountered in your life, and you start building up this person and start becoming this person. ”
Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger. ”
Republican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality. ”
Conservatives often say that we should care not about equality of outcomes but about equality of opportunity. ”
With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation. ”
The promise of Obama's presidency, in many people's minds, is partly that America will move toward becoming a post-racial society. It's pretty clear, though, that we aren't there yet. ”