Michael Gerson Quotes

When your goal is to bring together the country in a substantive way to say that we’re united by values and more – that are – you know, stronger than the things that divide us. That could be a moment.

It’s hard when the worst people in the country are cheering, the people with the confederate flag, the people that do anti-Semitism on Twitter, that’s difficult for a lot of people in this country. But, you know, I do think an inaugural, for example, is almost always an act of national healing.

The soft bigotry of low expectations

When you analyze it, Mike Pence could only defend Donald Trump in some circumstances by projecting an image of himself, as though he were – that Trump held his views on Russia or his views on Syria. And that’s really not true. So, it was a weird way to defend the person at the top of your ticket.

The NSA is not looking through people’s address books and Visa bills and violating the rights of average citizens. That’s not what the NSA does.

Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thing about your life is a short stage in someone else’s story.