Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The way politics divides the world is into friend and enemy.
There is a crisis that is not political - an epidemic of loneliness, of sadness - and we're completely unequal to dealing with it.
When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.
The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime.
Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back; it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness.
When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.
Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.
I think America is just so in love with conflict.
You don't make peace with your friends. That's the bottom line. You end conflicts by trying to find some political resolution.
The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.