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“I think, whatever ideological coloration we think actually applies to Trump, we can be pretty confident that he sees the American state as a mechanism to make sure that people called Trump are rich forever.”

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It is aspiring tyrants who say that 'civil liberties end when an attack on our safety begins.' Conversely, leaders who wish to preserve the…

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Americans can accept that the American Dream will not work out for them; what has been heartbreaking for so many is the sense that…

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Defend an institution. Follow the courts or the media, or a court or a newspaper. Do not speak of 'our institutions' unless you are…

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Courage does not mean not fearing or not grieving. It does mean recognizing and resisting terror management right away, from the moment of the…

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In rhetoric and action, the Trump administration has aggrandized 'radical Islamic terror,' thus making what Madison called a 'favorable emergency' more likely.

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I thought I was going to grow up and become a diplomat and negotiate nuclear arms.

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Mr. Trump is primarily a television personality. As such, he is judged by that standard. This means that a scandal does not call forth…

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We think about democracy, and that's the word that Americans love to use, 'democracy,' and that's how we characterize our system. But if democracy…

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Most Americans are exceptionalists; we think we live outside of history.

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Every day you don't do something, it makes it less likely that you will ever do something. So you've got to get started right…

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Anticipatory obedience teaches authorities what is possible and accelerates unfreedom.

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To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle.

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