Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.
In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the representative of the divine.
Mr. Bush has squandered the hard-built paternity of 40 years. But so has the party, and so have its leaders. If they had pushed away for serious reasons, they could have separated the party's fortunes from the president's. This would have left a painfully broken party, but they wouldn't be left with a ruined brand,- as they all say, speaking the language of marketing. And they speak that language because they are marketers, not thinkers. Not serious about policy. Not serious about ideas. And not serious about leadership, only followership.
I should say here, because some in Washington like to dream up ways to control the Internet, that we don't need to 'control' free speech, we need to control ourselves.
There should be a name for this, for the process whereby one knows one is being yanked and concedes it has been done successfully - that one is grateful to have been spun. In the theater, it is called the willing suspension of disbelief. That's what allows the play to make an impact on the audience: they have to be able to make believe that what's happening on the stage is really happening. Maybe to a degree it is a requirement for all political participation, all effective political communication, too.
The Democratic Party's complete obeisance to [the abortion] lobby makes Democrats look bought, frightened and craven.
This is the Democratic paradox: You want so much to run America and yet you seem not so fond of Americans.
People like me who are reform-minded ignore the people who say, 'Just criticize and don't do anything and let's win by default. ' That's ridiculous.
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
K. Dot was a kid who was trying to find himself in music, finding trends, um, bending towards - ready to bend towards what the industry was telling me to do and after you mature at a certain time in your life, you come into your own. . . your own niche, your own personality, not only as an artist but as a person.
The Labour Party believes in turning workers against owners; we believe in turning workers into owners.