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Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature."

Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing."

In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing.




Rick Perlstein Quotes: "When legitimately constituted state authority stands down in the face of armed threats, the very foundation of the republic is in danger."

When legitimately constituted state authority stands down in the face of armed threats, the very foundation of the republic is in danger.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "No historical analogies are exactly precise."

No historical analogies are exactly precise.




Rick Perlstein Quotes: "I cant summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tatis Play Time. You just have to see it."

I cant summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tatis Play Time. You just have to see it.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Only liberals know how to make you freer on the job, which is where most of us suffer the gravest indignities in our lives."

Only liberals know how to make you freer on the job, which is where most of us suffer the gravest indignities in our lives.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions to amplify it."

It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions to amplify it.




Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Increasingly we confused the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of pleasure."

Increasingly we confused the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of pleasure.




Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Goldwater's approach to any political problem invariably derived from the evidence of his own eyes."

Goldwater's approach to any political problem invariably derived from the evidence of his own eyes.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Ronald Reagan was just as angry. But he made you want to stand right alongside him and shake your fist at the same things he was shaking his fist at."

Ronald Reagan was just as angry. But he made you want to stand right alongside him and shake your fist at the same things he was shaking his fist at.






Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Fifties advertising was a dogmatic art, to the point of pretending to be a science."

Fifties advertising was a dogmatic art, to the point of pretending to be a science.




Rick Perlstein Quotes: "The task of defending capitalism was still important to leave to the capitalists."

The task of defending capitalism was still important to leave to the capitalists.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "One does not hold a conversation with him. One holds a symposium. – Elizabeth Drew"

One does not hold a conversation with him. One holds a symposium. – Elizabeth Drew



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Polls could be self-fulfilling prophecies, shaping reality as much as they described it."

Polls could be self-fulfilling prophecies, shaping reality as much as they described it.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "There's no question that Kennedy was an utter failure as a passer of laws during his proverbial thousand days."

There's no question that Kennedy was an utter failure as a passer of laws during his proverbial thousand days.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory."

Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Lyndon B. Johnson thought he'd have the boys home from Vietnam by Christmas - for four Christmases in a row (he never shifted course, and lost his presidency for it)."

Lyndon B. Johnson thought he'd have the boys home from Vietnam by Christmas - for four Christmases in a row (he never shifted course, and lost his presidency for it).



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Reagan's emotional intelligence, his ability to suss out people's longings and to channel them for political purposes, was better than just about any human being that ever lived."

Reagan's emotional intelligence, his ability to suss out people's longings and to channel them for political purposes, was better than just about any human being that ever lived.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "A candidate with no experience they would package as a citizen politician, a lifetime hack as an elder statesman."

A candidate with no experience they would package as a citizen politician, a lifetime hack as an elder statesman.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Stories are "how we organize the chaos of experience into the order we require just a carry-on." Joan Gideon"

Stories are "how we organize the chaos of experience into the order we require just a carry-on." Joan Gideon



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Presidents are also always storytellers, purveyors of useful national mythologies."

Presidents are also always storytellers, purveyors of useful national mythologies.




Rick Perlstein Quotes: "What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?"

What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises."

Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "An anti-politician is hardly an anti-politician once he starts winning and works to close the deal by working to sew up the Establishment."

An anti-politician is hardly an anti-politician once he starts winning and works to close the deal by working to sew up the Establishment.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "He talks to people's grievances, but he doesn't seem mad. – Elizabeth Drew"

He talks to people's grievances, but he doesn't seem mad. – Elizabeth Drew




Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally."

Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally.




Rick Perlstein Quotes: "College was at the heart of his sentimental imagination."

College was at the heart of his sentimental imagination.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Violent crimes had increased from 120 per 100, 000 in 1962 180 per 100, 000 by 1964."

Violent crimes had increased from 120 per 100, 000 in 1962 180 per 100, 000 by 1964.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "For the first time on Planet Earth (in 1964 America), a nation was made up of more college students than farmers. An unheard-of 42% of high school graduates sought higher education."

For the first time on Planet Earth (in 1964 America), a nation was made up of more college students than farmers. An unheard-of 42% of high school graduates sought higher education.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism."

Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "I think the people from Mississippi ought to come to Chicago to learn how to hate." Martin Luther King, Jr. after the violent reception he received in Chicago in 1966."

I think the people from Mississippi ought to come to Chicago to learn how to hate." Martin Luther King, Jr. after the violent reception he received in Chicago in 1966.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "(President) Lyndon Johnson still snapped between exultation and insecurity."

(President) Lyndon Johnson still snapped between exultation and insecurity.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Goldwater had never even considered a non-Arizonan. Like a man on his deathbed, he wanted to be surrounded only by friends."

Goldwater had never even considered a non-Arizonan. Like a man on his deathbed, he wanted to be surrounded only by friends.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches."

A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "To claim the mantle of purity is always a risky business. It just gives an excuse to be disillusioned once your ordinary humidity is exposed."

To claim the mantle of purity is always a risky business. It just gives an excuse to be disillusioned once your ordinary humidity is exposed.



Rick Perlstein Quotes: "Goldwater hardly ever mentioned a statistic. He hardly ever used it EXAMPLE. He presumed you already knew what he meant. Reagan SHOWED you."

Goldwater hardly ever mentioned a statistic. He hardly ever used it EXAMPLE. He presumed you already knew what he meant. Reagan SHOWED you.