America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
Alexis de TocquevilleThis is the Self-Esteem Looking-Glass. You have to look in the mirror and compliment yourself.
Chase Tinker and the House of MagicThe American political experience can therefore be viewed as optimism in the collective.
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable OptimistYou suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake.
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist