Our politics, religion, news . . . have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice. The result is that we are a people on the verge of amusing ourselves to death.

amusing ourselves to death: public discourse in the age of show business

—neil postman, 1985

From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it’s going to be America first!

inaugural address of the forty-fifth president of the united states

—donald j. trump, january 20, 2017

If you asked Babe Ruth how he hit home runs, he was unable to tell you. I do things by instinct.

—donald trump to the new york times in 2004

We are all enrolled in Trump University now.

—tom toles, washington post cartoonist, november 11, 2016

A certain grasp of military affairs is vital for those in charge of general policy.

—carl von clausewitz, on war