Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises. — Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises. — Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises. — Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises. — Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises. — Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
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Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises.

— Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
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