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Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, its usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar. – Eric Liu

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Many smart folks seem to think that if you just get your metaphors and messages right, youll win. That if you start describing what you favor as a moral value – affordable health care is a moral value etc., – then youll appeal to red-state voters. – Eric Liu

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Heres a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test. – Eric Liu

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You cannot mistake Bushs clarity of purpose. He believes in a story about freedom and opportunity that makes his followers feel like they arent just ticking their days down but are part of something larger than themselves. – Eric Liu

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Americas present need is not heroics but healing not nostrums but normalcy not revolution but restoration. – Warren G. Harding

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I came into politics because I wished to change things. You cant do that by lying to people you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you – and its often a long haul. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

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What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. – Estelle Morris

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