Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College. Thomas E. Mann More Quotes by Thomas E. Mann More Quotes From Thomas E. Mann In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties. Thomas E. Mann politicalpartytwo Science never makes an advance until philosophy authorizes it to do so. Thomas E. Mann philosophicalphilosophyscience All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies. Thomas E. Mann loyaltyskillsleadership Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome. Thomas E. Mann outcomesresponsibilitylaw A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare. Thomas E. Mann unityhealthyparty In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats. Thomas E. Mann perspectivesuccessfulnumbers First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity. Thomas E. Mann approval-ratingjobswar But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. Thomas E. Mann presidentialunityappreciate Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictions word, preserves contact - it is silence which isolates. Thomas E. Mann speechsilencecivilization For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide. Thomas E. Mann artistpathbeauty Beer soothes the upset soul. Thomas E. Mann upsetsoulbeer Knowledge of the soul would unfailingly make us melancholy if the pleasures of expression did not keep us alert and of good cheer. Thomas E. Mann cheerexpressionknowledge A human being tends to believe that the mood of the moment, be it troubled or blithe, peaceful or stormy, is the true, native, and permanent tenor of his existence. Thomas E. Mann peacefullifebelieve Some of necessities go astray, because for them there is no such thing as a right path. Thomas E. Mann progressevolutionpath Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate. Thomas E. Mann fatereasonneeds The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought. Thomas E. Mann emotionjoy You ask what is the use of classification, arrangement, and systemization? I answer you: order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject - the actual enemy is the unknown. Thomas E. Mann orderenemyfirsts We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. Thomas E. Mann lovefriendshipmean It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available. Thomas E. Mann carpe-diemcommunicationideas I will keep faith with death in my heart... For the sake of goodness, for the sake of love, Let no man's heart be ruled by death... The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life; to regard it, with the understanding and the .emotions, as the inviolable condition of life. Thomas E. Mann religiousheartsympathy
