Quote by Thomas Frank
Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to le

Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them. – Thomas Frank

Other quotes by Thomas Frank

Yes, Democrats can prove that America pays more for health care than other countries yes, they have won the dispute that private health insurance is needlessly expensive. But what theyve lost is the argument that we are a society. – Thomas Frank

Category:
Health
Read Quote

Most of Roosevelts innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years now, and yet we are still a free society free enough, that is, to allow tens of thousands of protesters to gather on the National Mall and to broadcast their slogans and speeches to the world via C-SPAN. – Thomas Frank

Category:
Society
Read Quote

We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clintons, or Abraham Lincolns? – Thomas Frank

Category:
Government
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows Im not a criminal. The parole board knows Im not a criminal. The judge knows Im not a criminal. – Jack Kevorkian

Category:
Government

The fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war, but in a wary, if often underplayed, alliance. History is unmistakable on this point. – Jon Meacham

Category:
Government

Every country has the government it deserves. – Joseph de Maistre

Category:
Government

The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House. – Stephen Harper

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure. – Karl Popper

Category:
Freedom

Live in rooms full of light. – Cornelius Celsus

Category:
Light

If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land. – Mencius

Category:
Music

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. – Oscar Wilde

Category:
Prejudice