Ron Suskind
Journalist
1959-11-20
Quotes by Ron Suskind
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I'm more depressed about the realities of the mature bureaucracy and more excited about the ideal that we're fighting for. And the juxtaposition has obvious consequences. Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen
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Moral action – humble and honest – is the tribute that power must at some point pay to reason.
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A sense of messianic purpose makes the national interest almost indistinguishable from the political interests of the president.
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You can actually herd cats. They can't be forced, of course. But if they sense something they want, if there enticed by something good, they'll follow, even in herds.
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He was rebuilt, reconstituted by vengeance dressed up as high purpose.
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In this era of public survival through continuous storytelling, people want someone who might surprise them.
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Life-shaping institutions tend to start with an idea or revelation. They often become mostly about the preservation and expansion of authority, something they relinquish only with the greatest reluctance.
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In this era of public survival through continuous storytelling, people want someone who might surprise them.
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Life-shaping institutions tend to start with an idea or revelation. They often become mostly about the preservation and expansion of authority, something they relinquish only with the greatest reluctance.
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A sense of messianic purpose makes the national interest almost indistinguishable from the political interests of the president.
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He was rebuilt, reconstituted by vengeance dressed up as high purpose.
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Moral action – humble and honest – is the tribute that power must at some point pay to reason.
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You can actually herd cats. They can't be forced, of course. But if they sense something they want, if there enticed by something good, they'll follow, even in herds.
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I'm more depressed about the realities of the mature bureaucracy and more excited about the ideal that we're fighting for. And the juxtaposition has obvious consequences. Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen
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The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.
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The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.
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