Peggy Noonan

I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#because #emotions #fog #i #i love

If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#commit #crazier #crazy #crime #fault

Let's cause some senators distress. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#distress #senators #some

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#magic #policy #speech #speeches #without

TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#brains #everyone #gives #image #images

You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#gone #lived #old #say #world

Abortion is either OK or it's not. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#either #ok

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#best #calmly #contribution #do your best #else