“when I’m mad I don’t have room to be scared.”
― A Wrinkle in Time
― A Wrinkle in Time
“God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear.”
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
― A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“Peace never bragged. If you didn't look for it, it wasn't there.”
― Going After Cacciato
― Going After Cacciato
“True to course, he didn’t know the nature of the assignment; true to course, he didn’t ask. That was probably for the best. Preparation for the Iranian hostage extraction had been difficult, and its execution life-threatening, but that was child’s play compared to what was coming.”
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“Future Politics
Effecting change in national politics was mostly a matter of making better use of online forums, encouraging voters to press forth with hard questions, providing statistics and solutions. Direct-to-voter referendums became an increasingly common way of effecting national policy. If Congress were deadlocked over a particular issue, the voters would be asked to make up their minds for them in the form of an online referendum.”
― The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
Effecting change in national politics was mostly a matter of making better use of online forums, encouraging voters to press forth with hard questions, providing statistics and solutions. Direct-to-voter referendums became an increasingly common way of effecting national policy. If Congress were deadlocked over a particular issue, the voters would be asked to make up their minds for them in the form of an online referendum.”
― The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
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