Robert Cormier Quotes
Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War. Pantheon Books, 1974.
In the 2012 Presidential campaign, Mitt Romney castigated President Obama for cutting $730 billion from the very popular Medicare program in his budget. The cut did not reduce any benefits to Medicare recipients as the money was saved by ending a subsidy that had been paid to private insurance. However, in Romney’s proposed and published budget, he would cut Medicare by the same $730 but the cuts would come from services as the insurance companies would still get their subsidies.
Robert Edmund Cormier was an American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal, and conspiracy. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win.
