I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see. Peggy Noonan clueexistflat Change image and share on social
If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault. Peggy Noonan bigcommitcrazy Change image and share on social
Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen. Peggy Noonan bewarebrightempty share on social
If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to - and you will - leave, and be something else. Peggy Noonan calmlycontributiongovernment Change image and share on social
What Andrew Cuomo said is, truly, a scandal. It's a scandal if he actually thinks it - that those who hold conservative views on abortion, gun rights and marriage are extreme, anathema and have no place in the state. Peggy Noonan abortionanathemaandrew share on social
The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving. Peggy Noonan appearbeneathbottom share on social
You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. Peggy Noonan americaliveworld Change image and share on social
Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. Peggy Noonan candorcomplimentequality Change image and share on social
Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Never take the country down the road to 'Demon Pass.' Peggy Noonan badbillcountry Change image and share on social
