Quote: Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents. [Peggy Noonan]
Quote: Read good, big important things. [Peggy Noonan]
Quote: If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault. [Peggy Noonan]
Quote: I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps. [Peggy Noonan]
Quote: Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. [Peggy Noonan]
Quote: Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen. [Peggy Noonan]
Quote: Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy. [Peggy Noonan]
Quote: Part of courage is simple consistency. [Peggy Noonan]
Quote: My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage. [Peggy Noonan]