But one immediate thing can be done right now, and that is: lower the temperature. Any way you can, and everybody. Just lower it. - Peggy Noonan
Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his wife, on the lawyer who didn't take the drug money - Peggy Noonan
Word of the day- kakistocracy. From the Greek meaning government by the worst persons, least qualified or most unprincipled. - Peggy Noonan
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
Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. - Peggy Noonan
You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. - Peggy Noonan
Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. - Peggy Noonan