Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try.

About Peggy Noonan

Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Noonan (born September 7, 1950), is a weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and contributor to NBC News and ABC News. She was a primary speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986 and has maintained a center-right leaning in her writings...

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