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

Acknowledging class was always difficult for New Democrats – it was second-wave, it was divisive – but 2008 made retro politics cool again. – Thomas Frank

Category:
cool
Read Quote

Selling public property is the true Chicago way. Had Mr. Obama not been elected president, the nations business journals would be falling over one another to praise his city for its daring, market-friendly innovations. – Thomas Frank

Category:
Business
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

I dont want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I dont want to be controlled by the U.S. – Muqtada al Sadr

Category:
Government

Governments view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. – Ronald Reagan

Category:
Government

The happiest thing that can be said about democracy… is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing to risk a long period of confusion and mixed purposes for the sake of giving man a chance to grow up in mind and responsibility. – H.A. Overstreet

Category:
Government

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. – Otto von Bismarck

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. – Charles Dudley Warner

Category:
Christmas

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. – Thomas Aquinas

Category:
Friendship

Were all in this alone. – Lily Tomlin

Category:
alone

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, youll be going, you know, were alright. We are dang near royalty. – Jeff Foxworthy

Category:
Family