What did Jonathan Raban mean by: Lincoln, steeped in the Bible and Shakespeare, set an impossibly high bar for presidential prose. - Jonathan Raban Writer · United Kingdom Copy
+ In an underdeveloped country don’t drink the water. In a developed country don’t breathe the air. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Raban, Air, Country, Nature, 0 - Jonathan Raban Writer · United Kingdom
+ Inaugurals conventionally start with a history lesson and finish with a prayer. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Raban, Lessons, Prayer, 0 - Jonathan Raban Writer · United Kingdom
+ No president has come near to rivaling Lincoln as a writer. Feraz Zeid, November 4, 2023December 26, 2023, Jonathan Raban, President, 0 - Jonathan Raban Writer · United Kingdom
+ Trouble defies the law of gravity. It’s easier to pick up than to drop. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Raban, Easier, Law, Trouble, 0 - Jonathan Raban Writer · United Kingdom
+ Spells of acute loneliness are an essential part of travel. Loneliness makes things happen. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Jonathan Raban, Essentials, Loneliness, Make Things Happen, 0 - Jonathan Raban Writer · United Kingdom
+ If we live inside a bad joke, it is up to us to learn, at best and worst, to tell it well. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Raban, Worst, 0 - Jonathan Raban Writer · United Kingdom
I’ve never met a woman ever, anywhere, bar none, that was more feminine than Dixie Carter. - Jean Smart
Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns. - Jeff Goodell
The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth. - William J. Clinton Politician · USA
We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons. - William J. Clinton Politician · USA
War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed. - William McKinley Politician · USA
The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. - William McKinley Politician · USA
A light hand is one which never feels the contact of the bit with the bars. - Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere Equestrian · France
