Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
America is fickle. You never know what they're going to go for.
What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
In my own life, I'm pretty good at choosing between good and bad. It's the choices between good and good I find the most difficult to make.
I want what's best for our country. I'm not sure I can figure that out.
All around the world, there is corruption, tribalism and division, as many find it easier to pick on those that are different, which is why we need to hold tightly to the good in this world.
Well, I had a small degree, that little infection of skepticism about America which resides in the minds of even America's closest friends. That America can't be quite as good as it says it is. And why does it need so relentlessly to keep saying how good it is?
As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.
Everything that's bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that's the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.
It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.
The great and the good will decide what is good for us and make sure that we get what is good for us, good and hard.