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> [“To restrict or legalize abortion, to allow or forbid gay marriage, a legislator would need to write and pass a law, get it signed by the president or a governor, and perhaps override a veto. A Supreme Court justice need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/to-restrict-or-legalize-abortion-to-allow-or-forbid-gay-marriage-a/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

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## More by Michael Gerson

> [This has all the appearance of a foreign power trying to undermine structures of legitimacy of an American election. That is a serious matter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/this-has-all-the-appearance-of-a-foreign-power-trying-to-undermine/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [“Freedom requires virtues it does not produce and may even help undermine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/freedom-requires-virtues-it-does-not-produce-and-may-even-help/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [The Republican Party has become more conservative. The Democratic Party has become marginally more liberal. There's almost no overlap in the middle, ideological overlap,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/the-republican-party-has-become-more-conservative-the-democratic/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [The soft bigotry of low expectations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/the-soft-bigotry-of-low-expectations/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [It's hard when the worst people in the country are cheering, the people with the confederate flag, the people that do anti-Semitism on Twitter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/it-s-hard-when-the-worst-people-in-the-country-are-cheering-the/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thing about your life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/parenthood-offers-many-lessons-in-patience-and-sacrifice-but/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [Atheists can be good people; they just have no objective way to judge the conduct of those who are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/atheists-can-be-good-people-they-just-have-no-objective-way-to-judge/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [The problem with these presidential debates like this is that you can't really prepare for them, because the questions are so individual and personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/the-problem-with-these-presidential-debates-like-this-is-that-you-can/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [“To restrict or legalize abortion, to allow or forbid gay marriage, a legislator would need to write and pass a law, get it signed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/to-restrict-or-legalize-abortion-to-allow-or-forbid-gay-marriage-a/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [When your goal is to bring together the country in a substantive way to say that we're united by values and more - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/when-your-goal-is-to-bring-together-the-country-in-a-substantive-way/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [When you analyze it, Mike Pence could only defend Donald Trump in some circumstances by projecting an image of himself, as though he were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/when-you-analyze-it-mike-pence-could-only-defend-donald-trump-in-some/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [The NSA is not looking through people's address books and Visa bills and violating the rights of average citizens. That's not what the NSA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/the-nsa-is-not-looking-through-people-s-address-books-and-visa-bills/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [There is some of the paradox of foreign policy polling. So on Iraq and Syria, the President is pretty much doing what Americans want,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/there-is-some-of-the-paradox-of-foreign-policy-polling-so-on-iraq-and/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [“The rational arguments against suicide are compelling. It causes intense suffering for loved ones that few would intend in their right mind. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/the-rational-arguments-against-suicide-are-compelling-it-causes/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

> [“To this point, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has been the Republican flavor of the year. Events from the IRS scandal to NSA revelations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gerson/to-this-point-sen-rand-paul-of-kentucky-has-been-the-republican/)

[Michael Gerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gerson/)

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