- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Learned
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics demands certain skills honed by experience, just as journalism does, just as acting does.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a meritocracy, actors who act well get good roles. They don't get to be journalists, too - a job that, in a meritocracy, should go to those who do journalism well.
- Obama
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama is the splendid fruit of a meritocracy.
- Millions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Millions don't rally to the banner of Uncertainty.
- Course
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ambition, of course, is the politician's currency.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inspiration is an underexamined part of political life and presidential leadership.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
In its lowest, most common form, inspiration is simple charisma that becomes magnified by the media, as with Ronald Reagan or Bill Clinton.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of solving as huge and long-term a problem as inequality - which, for my money, is the biggest single problem we have here at home - just never gets serious concern from both sides.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Olympics are never just about sports.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
If giving money to a politician prejudiced my ability to think and write honestly, I wouldn't do it. Fortunately, it doesn't.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
My readers know my views on politics and politicians because I make no secret of them in my comments for 'The New Yorker' and elsewhere.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Foreign policy exactly suits Obama's strong points as a leader, which turn out not to be giving the masses a clear sense of direction and hope, but instead exercising good judgment on a case-by-case basis while thinking many steps ahead of the present moment.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, foreign policy - which, by definition, is largely out of American control - is simply a matter of not doing the wrong thing, the unwise thing.
- Foreign Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans almost never elect presidents on the basis of foreign policy.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020