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> [For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the notion that the government is all of us and that, therefore, the government may keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/for-all-the-huffing-and-blowing-we-get-about-rugged-individualism-the/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

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## More by Charlie Pierce

> [There is a barbarism in the American soul, and we must protect some of it by law. To root it out is to endanger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/there-is-a-barbarism-in-the-american-soul-and-we-must-protect-some-of/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [This has been the new normal since September 11. Everyone knows, but nobody says, that if something happens again, the elite consensus in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/this-has-been-the-new-normal-since-september-11-everyone-knows-but/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/for-all-the-huffing-and-blowing-we-get-about-rugged-individualism-the/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/there-is-a-lot-in-american-politics-and-in-american-life-that-is/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow Martin Luther King Jr. to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/the-idea-that-america-elected-a-black-man-to-be-its-president-forty/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [You know, what genuinely makes me uneasy with the way things are going are not - is not really that Trump is going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/you-know-what-genuinely-makes-me-uneasy-with-the-way-things-are-going/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [The institutions of college athletics exist primarily as unreality fueled by deceit. The unreality is that universities should be in the business of providing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/the-institutions-of-college-athletics-exist-primarily-as-unreality/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [In order to get big things done, sometimes, presidents have to be deft at moving the pea around under the shells.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/in-order-to-get-big-things-done-sometimes-presidents-have-to-be-deft/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [There was no way to lock down, or tighten up, or Fail-Safe into Security Theater a race that covers 26.2 miles, a race that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/there-was-no-way-to-lock-down-or-tighten-up-or-fail-safe-into/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [The man is the Piltdown Man of modern politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/the-man-is-the-piltdown-man-of-modern-politics/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [To recognize that head injuries were as essential a part of football as they are of boxing would be to erase the fine distinction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/to-recognize-that-head-injuries-were-as-essential-a-part-of-football/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [School districts around the country, and the taxpayers that support them, have a moral right to the information the NFL might have concerning the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/school-districts-around-the-country-and-the-taxpayers-that-support/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens and papers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/there-are-few-colonial-nations-anymore-instead-we-are-colonized-by/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [Obama ran as sane and decent, as though we were electing a mood, and not necessarily a set of policies. Unfortunately, Obama has governed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/obama-ran-as-sane-and-decent-as-though-we-were-electing-a-mood-and/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

> [One of the great changes wrought by the increased public awareness of Alzheimer's - and thank you, Nancy Reagan, you wonderful tough old dame,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-pierce/one-of-the-great-changes-wrought-by-the-increased-public-awareness-of/)

[Charlie Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-pierce/)

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