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Nicholas R. Goebel
May 12th, 2010
Compromise is the essence of democracy, but the far right and far left are too mad to realize it.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
April 7th, 2010
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
Nicholas R. Goebel
March 30th, 2010
A government of the people, by the people, for the people is thus an extension of the people and should work for the people!
Nicholas R. Goebel
March 28th, 2010
Majority of Americans recognize that while an overreaching government can be counterproductive, government in general improves society.
Nicholas R. Goebel
March 28th, 2010
A government of the people, by the people, for the people is thus an extension of the people and should work for the people!
Ted Halstead and Michael Lind
July 16th, 2010
National reinvention is not a threat to the American tradition. It is the American tradition.
Nicholas R. Goebel
June 13th, 2010
Liberals want big government, Conservatives want small government, Centrists demand smart government.
Nicholas R. Goebel
March 28th, 2010
The polarized political environment of the present is one consequence of the culture wars of the 1960s. The people who fought those battles as young adults are now our political leaders. The protests and boycotts are no longer with us but the polarization and confrontation has now spilled into our government.
Thomas P. M. Barnett
March 27th, 2010
American-style democracies tend to come with a substantial middle class, whose ideology is one of self-improvement through self-empowerment, meaning these people look to the government primarily for its role in keeping the playing field reasonably level.
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