{"author":"Stephen L. Carter","author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter","total_quotes":24,"quotes":[{"text":"The victors always think they are righteous. But then, they always seem to start a mighty unrighteous squabbling over the spoils.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["division","pride","self-righteousness"],"id":6889,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"},{"text":"The kind of people we have in Washington only trust what they think they own.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["blackmail","influence","materialism","politics"],"id":11935,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"},{"text":"They loved the sound of their own voices. No decision would be reached anytime soon.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["arrogance","ego","humility","leadership"],"id":14619,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"},{"text":"He was vain and tended to surround himself with intellectual and moral pygmies.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["comparison","humility","idolatry","pride"],"id":17401,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"},{"text":"Our sense of history has grown dangerously thin, and our sense of proportion with it.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["emotion","exaggeration","perspective"],"id":84062,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"},{"text":"In spite of his Cold War credentials, Kennedy still believed in the power of words.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["leadership","negotiation","persuasion","rhetoric"],"id":121134,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"},{"text":"This isn't about your reputation. Our job right now is to make sure that there to ARE future historians.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["legacy","popularity","statesmanship"],"id":129684,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"},{"text":"Better to wait actively than passively.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["alertness","discipleship","maturation","patience","preparation"],"id":149799,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"},{"text":"He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["arrogance","humility"],"id":158537,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"},{"text":"She had been carried away by the need to defend herself.","author":"Stephen L. Carter","tags":["defensiveness","discipleship","ministry","pride"],"id":169494,"author_id":"Stephen+L.+Carter"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}