Part of courage is simple consistency. Peggy Noonan on courage
Candor is a compliment it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. Peggy Noonan on equality
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 on government
Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. Peggy Noonan on politics
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 them somehow misshapen. Peggy Noonan on politics
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 on war