Author: 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

I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature.

I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature.

- Rick Perlstein

I believe politics is a team sport. That, for awful and unfortunate reasons beyond any of our control, the American system only allows, effectively, for two teams.

I believe politics is a team sport. That, for awful and unfortunate reasons beyond any of our control, the American system only allows, effectively, for two teams.

- Rick Perlstein

I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates.

I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates.

- Rick Perlstein

When I was a teenager in Milwaukee in the 1980s, life was pretty boring, and I found myself riveted by the sheer melodrama of everyday life of the 1960s.

When I was a teenager in Milwaukee in the 1980s, life was pretty boring, and I found myself riveted by the sheer melodrama of everyday life of the 1960s.

- Rick Perlstein

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