On patriotism

Wisdom from Mr. Clemens

“When you have
exhausted all possibilities,
remember this: you haven’t.”
— Thomas Edison

Even his failures

ʜᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ
created a single film
that is compromised, shameful,
made for pragmatic reasons or uninteresting.
Even his failures are spectacular.
— critic ʀᴏɢᴇʀ ᴇʙᴇʀᴛ on filmmaker ᴡᴇʀɴᴇʀ ʜᴇʀᴢᴏɢ

THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY

“In time of grave danger,
walk with the devil until
you have crossed the bridge.”
— FDR

Trump is us

“In Trump, there is a little bit of all of us. Trump is a star. He’s failed. He’s the media, and the biggest thorn in their side. He’s a bit of a blowhard. He’s the two parties — you know, he switched parties seven times. He’s all the things that we are at different levels.”

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Truth is constant

“TRUTH does not become more true
by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it,
nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.”
— Maimonides
a Sephardic Jewish philosopher
who became one of the most prolific and influential
Torah scholars of the Middle Ages

Wisdom from Mr. Lincoln

“Adhere to your purpose
and you will soon feel
as well as you ever did.
On the contrary,
if you give up,
you will lose your power
of keeping any resolution,
and will regret it
all your life.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Dust Bowl America

I’ve been looking through some books and photographs of the Dust Bowl.

ajh

“Trump may have saved the country. And that, in my book, covers a lot of sins—foolish tweets included.”

“I am certain that only Trump
would have defeated Clinton.
In other words, I believe that Trump
may have saved the country.
And that, in my book,
covers a lot of sins—foolish tweets included.”
— Dennis Prager

History is not…

“History is not dry dates and data, and it is not gossip or cheap stuff, it is human beings acting — sometimes heroically, sometimes inadequately or wickedly — in real time.” — Peggy Noonan

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