Peggy Noonan Quotes

But it is possible that, in the days ahead, these years we have lived through may eventually be thought of simply as a period of disturbance and regression.

What can equal the caprices of politics?

In politics experiments mean revolutions.

Politically, [Latin] America is the same as it is physically: the land of the earthquakes.

Donald Trump:President of the Divided States of America

Revolutions and their aftermaths, of course, are always fluid and fickle times, and the outcome is often perched on a knife's edge.

In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties.

To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.

I mean, the country is deeply divided. There is 35 percent of the people who are Tea Partiers or more in some of those states. So it's probably going to be a difficult year, but there's nothing that I think anyone can do about it.

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.

You never know what'll happen in politics.

Nothing ever stays in the middle. You always go from one extreme to the other, and politics is certainly that way.

Politics swings like a pendulum.

A week is a long time in politics.

I can personally testify that American politics have taken a distinctly downward turn in the space of one mature lifetime.

All that is solid melts into air. All fixed, fast-frozen relations, with their train of ancient and venerable prejudices and opinions, are swept away, all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify.

A week is a long time in politics. A month is an eternity.

Politics is pretty much an up and down business

There comes not seldom a crisis in the life of men, of nations, and of worlds, when the old forms seem ready to decay, and the old rules of action have lost their binding force. The evils of existing systems obscure the blessings that attend them; and, where reform is needed, the cry is raised for subversion

The more insanity that comes from Washington, D.C., the stronger the loyal opposition becomes.

Unrest is the mark of existence.

The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.

Everything is going to change.

I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in this turbulent world.

The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind. Wake up and your life is perched on a precipice; fall asleep, it swallows you whole.