Jerry

“The opposite of fear is hope, defined as the expectation of good fortune not only for ourselves but for the group to which we belong. Fear feeds anxiety and produces anger; hope, particularly in a political sense, breeds optimism and feelings of well-being. Fear is about limits; hope is about growth. Fear casts its eyes warily, even shiftily, across the landscape; hope looks forward, toward the horizon. Fear points at others, assigning blame; hope points ahead, working for a common good. Fear pushes away; hope pulls others closer. Fear divides; hope unifies.”
― Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

“The Nation and Government,” TR wrote, “within the range of fair play and a just administration of the law, must inevitably sympathize with the men who have nothing but their wages, with the men who are struggling for a decent life, as opposed to men, however honorable, who are merely fighting for larger profits and autocratic control of big business.”
― Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

“Gilded sin is so much more interesting than ragged sin,” she reflected. “Scandal dressed in ermine and purple is much more salacious than scandal in overalls or a kitchen apron.”
― Anderson Cooper, Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

“a sound principle being that nothing was ever as one imagined it, and this was an efficient means of excluding the worst.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement