Quotes About Rick Perlstein

Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.

I'm a historian. The act of predicting the future discomfits me, in any event - and the bigger the prediction, the more distrusting I am.

I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates.

Perlstein says a movement gives you a chance, "to make anger boiling inside you ennobling, productive, powerful, instead of embittering.

As a general rule of thumb, Democrats do better in national elections when the year's defining issue is economic fairness, and Republicans do better when the defining issue is national security.

I cant summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tatis Play Time. You just have to see it.

The argument that John F. Kennedy was a closet peacenik, ready to give up on what the Vietnamese call the 'American War' upon re-election, received its most farcical treatment in Oliver Stone's 'JFK.'