Being Critical Of The Nation Is A

Cynicism Is The Largest Obstacle To Social Change. Cynicism Is Dangerous Because People Throw Up Their Hands And Say, "well It's Not Possible. Why Should I Even Try?"

Most Americans Stopped Looking At What Was Happening Through A Variety Of Coping Mechanisms - Starting With Women Entering Paid Work And Then Everyone Working Longer Hours And Using Their Homes For Raising Equity And Generating More Money Through Debt. The Typical Household Basically Staved Off The Day Of Reckoning.

The Poverty Line Understates The True Amount Of Poverty Because It Measures It As Three Times The Breadbasket That A Family Needs, But It Doesn't Consider All The Other Things That Are Inflating Far, Far Faster Than Food Prices.

If Leadership Is About Anything, It's About Leading. Not Leading People Back To Where They Already Are, Because They Don't Need That. They're Already There.

The World Of Politics Is Divided Between People Who Are Introverts - Who Lose A Little Bit Of Energy Out Of Each Interaction They Have So That By The Time The Day Ends, After 1,000 Interactions, They're Exhausted - And People Like Bill Clinton Who Are Extroverted - Who Get A Little Bit Of Energy From Each Interaction.