They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.
Ben BradleeFor the most part, Americans speak of culture and politics as if they were two separate realms.
Ellen WillisPolitics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction.
John AvlonI got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.
Jeff GreenfieldThere are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.
John GuntherI've never paid attention to politics. I only have the vaguest notion of what the IRA is.
Nicholas HaslamPeople say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
P. J. O'RourkeI have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
William WeldPatriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
Ambrose BiercePatriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
Mark TwainEvery year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'
Rebecca MacKinnon