I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.
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In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well.
I think what I learned in research is that as Americans, we're very distrustful of anger. We're not sure if we should repress it. The idea that anger is supposed to be controlled is American, and we try to keep it out of our homes.
Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government.
People have said I'm the candidate of anger. Well, we have a right to be angry. We lost 3 million jobs. We lost our place as the moral leader of the world.
Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.
Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
A very powerful mechanism to get elected is to play on anger and pick those wedge issues.
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