“We must have public officials who will stand up and tell the people exactly what they think... Our failure in recent years has not been the failure of the people to meet the challenges placed before them, but rather the failure of both our great political parties to place those challenges honestly and courageously before the people, and to trust the willingness of the people to do the things that really need to be done.”
― Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
― Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
“Maybe, sometimes, it's easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they'll always love you, no matter what.”
― The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
― The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“But all our differences hardly measure up to the values we all hold in common... ”
― Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
― Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
“If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.”
― Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
― Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics
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