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“Politics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction.”

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What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to…

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First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the…

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The far-right and far-left can be equally insane.

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We cannot hope to change human nature. There will always be cranks and conspiracy theorists among us. But we can try to improve things…

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If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem.

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“Madison’s response is famously expressed in Federalist 10, “The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection”—arguing that tyranny of the majority was most likely to occur in small republics. When a republic holds a critical mass of diverse interests, no single group is likely to hold the upper hand for long. The combination of diversity…

Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits.

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Demagogues always do well in economic downturns.

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But in his Farewell Address, George Washington made it clear that he perceived no greater threat to the American experiment than a partisan demagogue…

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Politics is history in the present tense.

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When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly.

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What might be good for ratings can be bad for the country. The hard-core partisans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities. But the…

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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.

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Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a…

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Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these…

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Every thought I have imprisioned in expression I must free by my deeds

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Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

Swami Vivekananda

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As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to…

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It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United States goes and takes action there on behalf of the Iraqi government. You've got Iran coming in and saying we're going to stand with (Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri) al-Maliki, so now we're aligning ourselves with Iran,…

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Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make…

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