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> [No-one can say when the unwinding began, when the coil that held America together in its secure and sometime shifting grip first gave way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/no-one-can-say-when-the-unwinding-began-when-the-coil-that-held/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [“The unwinding brings freedom, more than the world has ever granted, and to more kinds of people than ever before—freedom to go away, freedom to return, freedom to change your story, get your facts, get hired, get fired, get high,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-unwinding-brings-freedom-more-than-the-world-has-ever-granted-and/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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## Other authors on Unwinding

## More by George Packer

> [I don't think they need to be nice to reporters, but the White House seems to imagine that releasing information is like a tap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-don-t-think-they-need-to-be-nice-to-reporters-but-the-white-house/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [So many writers grew up in tortured isolation, in revolt against their families. I and my sister were in a house where writing was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/so-many-writers-grew-up-in-tortured-isolation-in-revolt-against-their/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Afghanistan can't police its borders, and its neighbors give sanctuary and assistance to insurgents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/afghanistan-can-t-police-its-borders-and-its-neighbors-give-sanctuary/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Hillary Clinton's such a classic Democratic political figure and believes so much in institutions and in gradualism in the old way of reaching compromises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/hillary-clinton-s-such-a-classic-democratic-political-figure-and/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [“In other words, Foxx represented what Sarah Palin (speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Greensboro three weeks before the election) called “the real America,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/in-other-words-foxx-represented-what-sarah-palin-speaking-at-a/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/america-s-vast-population-of-working-poor-can-only-get-so-poor-before/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [The Olympics are never just about sports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-olympics-are-never-just-about-sports/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> ['The Assassins' Gate' is a very tightly controlled story of the ideas that led to the war and the consequences of those ideas in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/the-assassins-gate-is-a-very-tightly-controlled-story-of-the-ideas/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Amazon's identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/amazon-s-identity-and-goals-are-never-clear-and-always-fluid-which/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/ideology-knows-the-answer-before-the-question-has-been-asked/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism - money, eyeballs, software, brands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/everything-seems-set-up-for-success-in-digital-journalism-money/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/climate-change-joined-immigration-job-creation-food-safety-pilot/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/much-of-the-international-unease-with-the-sochi-games-has-focused-on/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [I've been interested in American politics since I was eight. That was in 1968. It was an interesting year. I was a huge Eugene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/i-ve-been-interested-in-american-politics-since-i-was-eight-that-was/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

> [When I interviewed Paul Bremer in his office, he had almost no books on his shelves. He had a couple of management books, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/when-i-interviewed-paul-bremer-in-his-office-he-had-almost-no-books/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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