Author: Peggy Noonan

Quotes

A great speech is literature.

A great speech is literature.

- Peggy Noonan

Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Never take the country down the road to 'Demon Pass.'

Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Never take the country down the road to 'Demon Pass.'

- Peggy Noonan

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

- Peggy Noonan

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

- Peggy Noonan

All great political families have myths: stories they tell themselves about how history happened.

All great political families have myths: stories they tell themselves about how history happened.

- Peggy Noonan

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

- Peggy Noonan

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

- Peggy Noonan

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

- Peggy Noonan

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else.

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else.

- Peggy Noonan

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