56 Quotes by Thomas E. Mann

Beer soothes the upset soul.

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictions word, preserves contact - it is silence which isolates.

It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.

You ask what is the use of classification, arrangement, and systemization? I answer you: order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject – the actual enemy is the unknown.

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictions word, preserves contact – it is silence which isolates.

The writer’s joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought.

The public’s evaluation of the job George W. Bush is doing as president changed dramatically as a result of the horrific attacks of September 11 and his response in leading the country on a campaign against terrorism.

The single-minded focus on scoring political points over solving problems, escalating over the last several decades, has reached a level of such intensity and bitterness that the government seems incapable of taking and sustaining public decisions responsive to the existential challenges facing the country.

Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party.