Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.
Ron SuskindI've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.
Ron Suskind[Barack Obama] says at one point, "[Jimmy] Carter, [Bill] Clinton and I suffer from," what he called, "the policy wonk's disease."
Ron SuskindThese were lobbyistsโmany of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.
Ron SuskindOnce they arrive, affirmative action kids are generally left to sink or swim academically. Brown (University) offers plenty of counseling and tutoring to struggling students, but, as any academic Dean will tell you, it's up to the students to seek it out, something that a drowning minority student will seek to avoid at all costs, fearing it will trumpet a second-class status.
Ron Suskind