"Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than……" — David K. Shipler
"Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope, George W. Bush was smarter than portrayed and Barack Obama has not led a charge from the left - least of all on behalf of the civil liberties that have eroded since September 11, 2001."
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10 Quotes by David K. Shipler
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Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm…
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Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes,…
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Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure.
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Workers on the edge of poverty are essential to America’s prosperity, but their well-being is not treated as an integral…
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Caricatures created by politics never fit comfortably into the Oval Office.
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Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where…
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Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and…
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Obama prefers to look forward, not back, as he has stated. So at least during his tenure, there will be…
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If you have never been tortured, or locked up and verbally threatened, you may find it hard to believe that…
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