“ Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his wife, on the… Peggy Noonan
“ Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves… Peggy Noonan
“ If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else. Peggy Noonan
“ Word of the day- kakistocracy. From the Greek meaning government by the worst persons, least qualified or most unprincipled. Peggy Noonan
“ Everyone over 50 in America feels like a refugee. In the Old America there were a lot of bad parents. There always are, because parenting is hard. Inadequate parents could say, 'Go outside and play in… Peggy Noonan
“ Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service.... Peggy Noonan
“ You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. Peggy Noonan
“ But one immediate thing can be done right now, and that is: lower the temperature. Any way you can, and everybody. Just lower it. Peggy Noonan
“ The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain. Peggy Noonan
“ Do not be afriad! I can see that Americans are not afraid. They are not afraid of the sun, they are not afraid of the wind, they are not afraid of 'today'. They are, generally speaking, brave, good pe… Peggy Noonan
“ Prayer is the hardest thing. And no one congratulates you for doing it because no one knows you're doing it, and if things turn out well they likely won't thank God in any case. But I have a feeling t… Peggy Noonan
“ We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom....Our political leaders will know our priorities only… Peggy Noonan
“ What we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace - a grace that takes the long view, apprehends the moment we're in, comes up with ways of dealing with it, and eschews the pol… Peggy Noonan
