The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality... That's not the way the world really works anymore.... We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality."

Ron Suskind

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American empire American politics

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Ron Suskind

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English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Journalist Writer

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Suskind, Ron. "Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush." The New York Times Magazine, 17 Oct. 2004.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.