Lee Atwater
Lee Atwater
Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwaterwas an American political consultant and strategist to the Republican Party. He was an adviser to U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican National Committee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 February 1951
CountryUnited States of America
alone
I think I learned pretty early that in the end, it's only you. To an extent, you're all alone.
band grammar high involved rock roll school time whatever
Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band. I would say that at least 80 percent of my energy was involved with whatever band I was involved in.
spiritual heart soul
I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.
country ambition eye
It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime.
im-sorry people i-am-sorry
Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me.
pot come-up stirring
Just keep stirring the pot, you never know what will come up.
humanity brotherhood taught
My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.
thinking all-alone ends
I think I learned pretty early that in the end, its only you. To an extent, youre all alone.
school skills childhood
My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.
spiritual country heart
I acquired more wealth, power, and prestige than most. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime. I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.
philosophy reality medicine
Perception is reality.