Peggy Noonan

I should say here, because some in Washington like to dream up ways to control the Internet, that we don't need to 'control' free speech, we need to control ourselves. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#free-speech #self-control #dreams

Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service.... ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#life

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#competence #everything #politics #sincerity #strong

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#battle #fought #hard #i #like

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#between #choice #chose #despair #existential

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#fall #help #just #love #politicians

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#clues #exist #flat #gifts #i

Part of courage is simple consistency. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#courage #part #simple

A great speech is literature. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#literature #speech

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#compliment #equality #friends #how #implies