Quotes by Peggy Noonan

Part of courage is simple consistency.

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

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.

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Dont go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else.