159 Quotes by Rick Perlstein

College was at the heart of his sentimental imagination.

Chits knew no ideology.

I think the people from Mississippi ought to come to Chicago to learn how to hate." Martin Luther King, Jr. after the violent reception he received in Chicago in 1966.

Presidents are also always storytellers, purveyors of useful national mythologies.

Must, never, must avoid, must guard: the minatory commands came the eleven times (from the departing Eisenhower). In contrast, Kennedy's rhetoric on January 20 with a cascade of permissions: the word "let" rang out 14 times.

Ideas" in politics are often intuition fancy dress.

To claim the mantle of purity is always a risky business. It just gives an excuse to be disillusioned once your ordinary humidity is exposed.

What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?

Congressmen had a use for their very own son of a bitch.