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> [“That image of a chessboard — an epic contest between two giant players, carefully nudging their pieces around the globe as part of a grand strategy — has indeed become a familiar metaphor for the Cold War. But it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/that-image-of-a-chessboard-an-epic-contest-between-two-giant-players/)

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## More by Sam Tanenhaus

> [In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/in-literature-and-in-life-we-ultimately-pursue-not-conclusions-but/)

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> [“That image of a chessboard — an epic contest between two giant players, carefully nudging their pieces around the globe as part of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/that-image-of-a-chessboard-an-epic-contest-between-two-giant-players/)

[Sam Tanenhaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-tanenhaus/)

> [Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/our-nemesis-is-time-against-which-we-have-a-single-ally-memory-and/)

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> [Paul Ryan and his allies, who include Mike Pence, are congressional conservative Republicans, they have a very clear conservative agenda. The question will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/paul-ryan-and-his-allies-who-include-mike-pence-are-congressional/)

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> [Donald Trump very clearly said America first. That is a traditional right wing, but also very isolationist. That takes us back to the era…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/donald-trump-very-clearly-said-america-first-that-is-a-traditional/)

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> [The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/the-republican-conservative-republican-answer-has-always-been-when-we/)

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> [Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him, his Republican…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/donald-trump-enters-office-with-historically-low-approval-ratings/)

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> [We all nurture impulses which promise freedom from the demands of others, even if that freedom means death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/we-all-nurture-impulses-which-promise-freedom-from-the-demands-of/)

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> [Donald Trump descends in a very powerful way from longstanding tenets of American conservatism, they're just not the movement conservatism we associate with Reagan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/donald-trump-descends-in-a-very-powerful-way-from-longstanding-tenets/)

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> [The Electroshock Novelist: The Alluring Bad Boy of Literary England Has Always Been Fascinated by Britain's Dustbin Empire. Now Martin Amis Takes On American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/the-electroshock-novelist-the-alluring-bad-boy-of-literary-england/)

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> [Pat Buchanan has emerged as the prophet and forerunner of a real economic nationalism on the right, and Donald Trump is now its tribune.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-tanenhaus/pat-buchanan-has-emerged-as-the-prophet-and-forerunner-of-a-real/)

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