The American system of government is based in large part on that of 18th-century Britain. The powers of the American presidency look a lot like those of the British monarchy before the American Revolution—the power to propose and veto legislation, to pardon crimes and commute sentences—powers that no British monarch has wielded for ages.
~ David Frum via The Atlantic
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If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.
~ Henry James
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Every man is a new method.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If we exiled our sins, our virtues would get lonely without their old sparring partners.
~ Henry S. Haskins
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In politics, shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
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People who devote their lives to studying something often come to believe that the object of their fascination is the key to understanding everything.
~ Jonathan Haidt
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All social disturbances and upheavals have their roots in crises of individual self-esteem, and the great endeavor in which the masses most readily unite is basically a search for pride.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Over the last several years, the matter of onscreen sex in the movies has been a continuing source of anxiety for audiences, critics and filmmakers who feel that desire has been shunted offscreen in favor of more chaste fare.
~ Alexandra Kleeman via The New York Times
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Love does not dominate, it cultivates. And that is more.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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If Boomer parents are pulling on one end of the rope in a game of tug-of-war, Millennial and Gen Z kids may be yanking on the other. Gen Xers’ delay in childbearing means that many may find themselves either struggling with infertility or raising little kids in their 40s. Generation X is downwardly mobile as costs are rising, but we’re working hard to give our children advantages that we didn’t have.
~ Ada Calhoun via The Atlantic
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