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But the Interne is making an end run around talk radio. Suddenly we’re faced with an information age.",6,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":30,"quote_text":31,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":32,"source":33,"quote_tag":34,"commentary":9},3342541,"Newt Gingrich’s job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":36,"quote_text":37,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":38,"source":39,"quote_tag":40,"commentary":9},3342531,"If you’re going to try to win an election, you can’t be 80 percent. You can’t say, I’m for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":42,"quote_text":43,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":44,"source":45,"quote_tag":46,"commentary":47},3342518,"We didn’t think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn’t think the census ought to be weakened.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is attributed to Pete du Pont, the 69th Governor of Delaware, who served from 1977 to 1985. During his tenure, du Pont faced significant budget constraints, including a deep recession in the early 1980s. As a result, he was under pressure to balance the state's budget and reduce taxes.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a paradoxical tension between competing values: fiscal responsibility and social welfare. Du Pont's statement highlights the challenge of reducing taxes while maintaining essential public services, such as the census, which is crucial for allocating resources and funding. This tension reflects the inherent trade-offs in governance, where decisions often involve sacrificing one value for the sake of another.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset in your own work or creative pursuits, consider the \"du Pont dilemma\": when faced with competing priorities, acknowledge the trade-offs and make deliberate choices that balance your values. This might involve negotiating with stakeholders, seeking creative solutions, or redefining what success looks like in light of the trade-offs you're willing to make.",{"id":49,"quote_text":50,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":9},3342510,"Everyone matures. When I was Newt’s age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":55,"quote_text":56,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":57,"source":58,"quote_tag":59,"commentary":9},3342501,"They wrong opportunity who say she knocks but once.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":61,"quote_text":62,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":63,"source":64,"quote_tag":65,"commentary":9},3342493,"There’s a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are conservative. Many of those minorities can be persuaded to be members of the Republican Party.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":67,"quote_text":68,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":69,"source":70,"quote_tag":71,"commentary":9},3342487,"That’s the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn’t work, you try another.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":73,"quote_text":74,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":75,"source":76,"quote_tag":77,"commentary":9},3342463,"The sea change that has come is the information age. We don’t have to just read The New York Times anymore. We can pull up something on the Internet and get any news that we like.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":79,"totalPages":80,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":81},1,5,10]