"Political elites vote in a more partisan fashion……" — Jill Lepore
"Political elites vote in a more partisan fashion than the mass public; this tendency, too, follows a curve. The more you know, the more likely you are to vote in an ideologically consistent way, not just following your party but following a set of constraints dictated by a political ideology."
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Jill Lepore
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60 Quotes by Jill Lepore
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Conservatism cherishes tradition; innovation fetishizes novelty. They tug in different directions, the one toward the past, the other toward the…
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History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to cherish,…
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A great deal of what many Americans hold dear is nowhere written on those four pages of parchment, or in…
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The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesnt enter into it.
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History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence. In the…
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Jane Francklyne, born in 1565, had lived for less than a month. She left very little behind. She was buried…
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Republicans were more pro-choice than Democrats up until the late 1980s.
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Disrupt, and you will be saved.
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In antihistory, time is an illusion.
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Mainly, the more faddish and newer stages of life are really just marketing schemes. Tweenhood. The young old. The quarter-life…
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Disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized by terror.
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The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world…
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If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there…
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— Glenn Beck
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All girls hit that phase where they like the bad boy. I grew out of that really young and I…
— Kristen Bell
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As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated…
— John O. Brennan
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We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights…
— Martin Van Buren
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In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another…
— Tony Campolo
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McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to…
— Jim Cantalupo
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I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; 'consistent' is not one of…
— Dick Cheney
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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.
— Jarvis Cocker
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This is a serious problem of major concern, and we have got to approach it in a way that is…
— Janet Reno
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