“It reminded me of something that James Madison said in 1788: “Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
― An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography
― An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography
“I have often wondered about a paradox in American government: Every four years, voters elect a president and in California a governor, the only officeholders elected by all the people; then, the same people in their individual districts turn around and elect a legislature and congress that is often controlled by the opposing party, enabling it to prevent the president or governor from carrying out the things they elected him or her to do.”
― An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography
― An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography
“As I have often said, governments don’t produce economic growth, people do. What government can do is encourage Americans to tap their well of ingenuity and unleash their entrepreneurial spirit, then get out of the way.”
― An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography
― An American Life: An Enhanced eBook with CBS Video: The Autobiography
“How important it is not to allow either the highs or the lows in life dictate who you are.”
― Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms
― Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms
“the hardest of war’s hard truths—that for a new nation to live, young men must die, often alone, usually in pain, and sometimes to no obvious purpose. He, more than anyone, would be responsible for ordering those men to their deaths.”
― The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
― The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
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