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George Packer Quotes

We all know who Donald Trump’s talking to Picture Quote #1

Under Bill Clinton we had a roaring economy that looked really good Picture Quote #1

Before Google, and long before Facebook, Bezos had realized that the greatest value of an online company lay in the consumer data it collected Picture Quote #1

It’s essential for the U.S. and Europe to prevent Putin from going farther and reversing the hard-won independence of former Soviet republics Picture Quote #1

When you go to Washington and get off at Union Station, as I sometimes do, and see the Capitol building, I get this hopeless feeling that comes over me Picture Quote #1

The literature of the Spanish Civil War is also important to me. Above all George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia as well as the writing of John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway. They worked on a film together in Spain during that war, which ended their friendship Picture Quote #1

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When Donald Trump in one speech said I love the poorly educated - which was a remarkable thing to say - he was saying those are my people Picture Quote #1

Globalization looked like it was going to answer all the economic questions of class. Turned out not to be the case Picture Quote #1

I really do put it on Bill Clinton’s presidency as the time when the Democrats became the party of the college degree as the key to success in life Picture Quote #1

This is what Newt Gingrich has wrought - is a politics in which it’s very easy to destroy and very hard to build Picture Quote #1

There’s a great book about that, The Breaking Point by Stephen Koch . It won’t improve your opinion of [Ernest] Hemingway Picture Quote #1

You don`t have to be foreign policy expert to succeed as president, but you have to have ice water for blood Picture Quote #1

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The Senate was an odd compromise between the founders and the early leaders of the republic who wanted a single house which was based on popular sovereignty representing the people and those founders who wanted two houses, the upper house, the Senate, being the more aristocratic Picture Quote #1

While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad’s strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the Iceberg Skating Palace, visibly moved, smiling with deep satisfaction, as the Russians beautifully glided and leaped their way to the gold medal in the team event Picture Quote #1

American politics can produce great men and women, but it is profoundly insular Picture Quote #1

I do think Donald Trump would be a catastrophic turn in American history Picture Quote #1

Amazon’s identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating Picture Quote #1

Twitter is crack for media addicts Picture Quote #1

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We will have a more just society as soon as we want one Picture Quote #1

Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective Picture Quote #1

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them Picture Quote #1

The invisibility of work and workers in the digital age is as consequential as the rise of the assembly line and, later, the service economy Picture Quote #1

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away Picture Quote #1

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue Picture Quote #1

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We all know who Donald Trump’s talking to (George Packer Quotes) Under Bill Clinton we had a roaring economy that looked really good (George Packer Quotes) Before Google, and long before Facebook, Bezos had realized that the greatest value of an online company lay in the consumer data it collected. (George Packer Quotes) It’s essential for the U.S. and Europe to prevent Putin from going farther and reversing the hard-won independence of former Soviet republics. (George Packer Quotes) When you go to Washington and get off at Union Station, as I sometimes do, and see the Capitol building, I get this hopeless feeling that comes over me. (George Packer Quotes) The literature of the Spanish Civil War is also important to me. Above all George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia as well as the writing of John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway. They worked on a film together in Spain during that war, which ended their friendship. (George Packer Quotes) When Donald Trump in one speech said I love the poorly educated - which was a remarkable thing to say - he was saying those are my people. (George Packer Quotes) Globalization looked like it was going to answer all the economic questions of class. Turned out not to be the case. (George Packer Quotes) I really do put it on Bill Clinton’s presidency as the time when the Democrats became the party of the college degree as the key to success in life. (George Packer Quotes) This is what Newt Gingrich has wrought - is a politics in which it’s very easy to destroy and very hard to build. (George Packer Quotes) There’s a great book about that, The Breaking Point by Stephen Koch . It won’t improve your opinion of [Ernest] Hemingway. (George Packer Quotes) You don`t have to be foreign policy expert to succeed as president, but you have to have ice water for blood. (George Packer Quotes) The Senate was an odd compromise between the founders and the early leaders of the republic who wanted a single house which was based on popular sovereignty representing the people and those founders who wanted two houses, the upper house, the Senate, being the more aristocratic. (George Packer Quotes) While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad’s strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the Iceberg Skating Palace, visibly moved, smiling with deep satisfaction, as the Russians beautifully glided and leaped their way to the gold medal in the team event. (George Packer Quotes) American politics can produce great men and women, but it is profoundly insular (George Packer Quotes) I do think Donald Trump would be a catastrophic turn in American history (George Packer Quotes) Amazon’s identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating (George Packer Quotes) Twitter is crack for media addicts (George Packer Quotes) We will have a more just society as soon as we want one (George Packer Quotes) Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective (George Packer Quotes) Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them (George Packer Quotes) The invisibility of work and workers in the digital age is as consequential as the rise of the assembly line and, later, the service economy (George Packer Quotes) Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to circumstances but not compromised away (George Packer Quotes) At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue (George Packer Quotes)