Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
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"Presidents are also always storytellers, purveyors of useful national mythologies."
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"Politics is motion." John Sears"
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?"
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises."
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"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, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"He talks to people's grievances, but he doesn't seem mad. – Elizabeth Drew"
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"Chronicling the mid-1970s up session with Gerald Ford's clumsiness, the author quotes a medieval maxim that the king has two bodies. The head of state has a physical body like everyone else, but he also represents the body politic, either reflecting its majesty or its weakness."
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"Now even reformers needed political machines."
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"Television was suppressing their freedom not to know."
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"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, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"Do what you are doing. Monastic motto"
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"Increasingly we confused the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of pleasure."
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"He fetishized limits."
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
"One does not hold a conversation with him. One holds a symposium. – Elizabeth Drew"
Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan