Peggy Noonan

In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the…

— Peggy Noonan

“The Pope replied, “of what should we not be afraid? We should not fear the truth about ourselves.” He spoke of how…

— Peggy Noonan

Part of courage is simple consistency.

— Peggy Noonan

Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Never take the country down…

— Peggy Noonan

“You shouldn’t hold on to things, to neuroses. People-artists-think they have to hold on to their neuroses, their pains, or they won’t…

— Peggy Noonan

The president - every president - works for us. We don't work for him. We sometimes lose track of this, or rather…

— Peggy Noonan

“As we have become more open minded (tolerant) in society we have become more closed hearted.”

— Peggy Noonan

The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically,…

— Peggy Noonan

Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered.

— Peggy Noonan

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our…

— Peggy Noonan

“I find this to be true of my spiritual life, and maybe it applies to yours as well: I think about things…

— Peggy Noonan

Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who put together speeches are paying attention…

— Peggy Noonan

The Democratic party should say, "Thank you very much, but you know what, we're going back to be a big-tent party. Broad…

— Peggy Noonan

At some point, don't voters start to see all of public life as one big polluted river? And if they do, don't…

— Peggy Noonan

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

— Peggy Noonan

The Democratic Party will now stick with its guy forever, no matter how harmful he is. Perhaps you call that loyalty, and…

— Peggy Noonan

I was sailing from tedium to apathy with a side trip to torpor.

— Peggy Noonan

Ted Sorrenson, JFK's presidential speech writer, when asked how it came about that he wrote the "ask not what you can do..."…

— Peggy Noonan

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought…

— Peggy Noonan

In a president, character is everything. A president doesn't have to be brilliant... He doesn't have to be clever; you can hire…

— Peggy Noonan

I should say here, because some in Washington like to dream up ways to control the Internet, that we don't need to…

— Peggy Noonan

[On President Clinton's address:] It was the worst inaugural address of our lifetime, and I think the only controversy will be between…

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You can get so well educated in America that your thoughts become detached from common sense. You can get so complicated in…

— Peggy Noonan

George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, became the first incumbent president to increase his majority in both the Senate…

— Peggy Noonan

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. ---in Good…

— Peggy Noonan