#is

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. ↗

— Joseph Roux

#comprises #gained #illusions #lost #rather

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent. ↗

— Joseph Roux

#man #rare #rare thing #succeed #talent

For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush. ↗

— Karl Rove

#borderline #bush #civility #hope #mr

Cindy Sheehan is a clown. There is no real antiwar movement. No serious politician, with anything to do with anything, would show his face at an antiwar rally. ↗

— Karl Rove

#anything #cindy #clown #face #his

"Empathy" is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash. ↗

— Karl Rove

#backlash #branch #clay #code #constitution

I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly of throwing mud until it sticks. One prominent blogger described the elements of a textbook Rovian race as fear-based, smear-based and anything goes. ↗

— Karl Rove

#anything #become #called #campaigning #columnist

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. ↗

— Carl T. Rowan

#learning #liberated #library #more #more people

History shows that there are no invincible armies. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#history #invincible #shows

I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past. ↗

— Karl Rove

#causes #democratic #dollars #fund #george

If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. ↗

— Karl Rove

#i #know #leak #out #want