Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Parties and political systems used to be about excluding renegades who would never play well with others in government. Now it's actually… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
People think that politics just somehow magically organizes itself. It doesn't work that way. You need to assemble these huge coalitions of… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
What we have done over the last 40 or 50 years is systematically attacked and weakened the parties, the political machines, the… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“That was the day I realized that he could not cope and I could not cope and, emotionally, he could take me down with… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“The social system does not and never can exist which allows no harm to come to anybody. Conflict of impulse and desire is an… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
If every negotiation is conducted in public, then the minute one person says, well, what if we try this, next thing you know, the… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Leave an extrovert alone for two minutes and he will reach for his cell phone. In contrast, after an hour or two of being… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
We started tearing down the seniority system on Capitol Hill. All of that begins in the '70s. It accelerates and continues in the '90s,… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
There will be more coming afterwards if we don't re-empower politicians to get organized and work together. — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Many actors, I've read, are introverts, and many introverts, when socializing, feel like actors. — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“A basic principle of science—of liberal social life—is that we kill our hypotheses rather than each other .” — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge ... This isn't antisocial. It isn't a… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more level-headed, more… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most genuinely devout… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Compromise is what it's got to be all about when you're governing, because no one is ever going to have a big enough majority… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
