Evan Thomas

The media, I think, wants Kerry to win.... And I think they're going to portray Kerry and Edwards ... I'm talking about…

— Evan Thomas

I don't think the Republicans would appreciate the comparison, but they're exactly like the Labor Party in England in the 1970s. They're…

— Evan Thomas

“In part because Americans were fearful of enemies within, they went looking for enemies abroad. War and conquest have served to distract…

— Evan Thomas

There is a liberal bias. It's demonstrable. You look at some statistics. About 85 percent of the reporters who cover the White…

— Evan Thomas

“It is true that it then presupposes that the executive should not habitually be insane!”5”

— Evan Thomas

Wars should be over in three days or less...and the American people must be all for it from the outset.

— Evan Thomas

American boys should not be seen dying on the nightly news. Wars should be over in three days or less, or before…

— Evan Thomas

Rush Limbaugh is good for the party. Drive it all the way down, take it down as low as it can go,…

— Evan Thomas

A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble - to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be…

— Evan Thomas

“...insults were exchanged, but never conversation" (p.17).”

— Evan Thomas

“according to Lodge, were guilty of far worse. The war lovers had exaggerated Spanish cruelty in order to get their war, and…

— Evan Thomas

“Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy”

— Evan Thomas

We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in…

— Evan Thomas

Bush's life is that a fundamentally decent man presided over a moment when politics got meaner and rougher. '88 was the year…

— Evan Thomas

With grace and a keen appreciation of human nature, Nicholas Thompson has written a revealing, moving history of the Cold War through…

— Evan Thomas

As a farmer, you learn quick: You don't get anything that you don't work hard for.

— Evan Thomas

The media, I think, wants Kerry to win. And I think they're going to portray Kerry and Edwards - I'm talking about…

— Evan Thomas

Victory must be assured in advance. And the American public must be all for it from the outset.

— Evan Thomas

Great historians can make the discovery of the real story more exciting than the romantic myth. Stacy Schiff, a great historian as…

— Evan Thomas

“Roosevelt and Lodge operated by a fairly straightforward and sensible credo: reform without power is meaningless, and power without scruple is corrupt.”

— Evan Thomas

I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above — above the world, he's sort of God.

— Evan Thomas