Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'One of the roles of the press is to make sure that the president, in the voice of the people, is telling the truth.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'That's what politics is. It's the story of what's happening, what does it mean, what's the conclusion, who are the interesting characters?' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'In order for a president to be transformational, the old order has to fall as the orthodoxies that kept it in power exhaust themselves.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'When I was first asked to be on 'Washington Week', I never prepared more for an appearance.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'The 2008 battle in Iowa for the Democratic caucus was perhaps the most titanic single nominating contest in the history of modern politics.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'Barack Obama's convention speech in 2004 had made him a political star, and he arrived in Iowa to crowds unseen in caucus history.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'We've seen, in Washington, both sides say they don't want to give up much of anything.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.' Read More Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'I am always looking for material - whether for my notebooks or for Twitter or Instagram - which means I'm looking for meaning.' Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'Politics is not the nicest business, but there are still times when people do the right thing.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'One of the roles of the press is to make sure that the president, in the voice of the people, is telling the truth.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'That's what politics is. It's the story of what's happening, what does it mean, what's the conclusion, who are the interesting characters?' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'In order for a president to be transformational, the old order has to fall as the orthodoxies that kept it in power exhaust themselves.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'When I was first asked to be on 'Washington Week', I never prepared more for an appearance.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'The 2008 battle in Iowa for the Democratic caucus was perhaps the most titanic single nominating contest in the history of modern politics.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'Barack Obama's convention speech in 2004 had made him a political star, and he arrived in Iowa to crowds unseen in caucus history.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'We've seen, in Washington, both sides say they don't want to give up much of anything.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 James Madison: 'War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.' Read More
Herodotus 1/17/24 Herodotus 1/17/24 John Dickerson: 'I am always looking for material - whether for my notebooks or for Twitter or Instagram - which means I'm looking for meaning.' Read More