There are times when American politics seems like little more than two groups in a fever to prevent each other from trespassing… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
When the San Francisco Democrats treat foreign affairs as an afterthought, as they did, they behaved less like a dove or a… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
“Progressive policies make your life better. Republican policies make billionaires richer and your life worse. Every lie Trump and Fox News tell… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
I think I'm better at triaging and recognizing that my job is not to have an opinion about every single new development… — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
It is not white nationalism to believe that growing ideological uniformity in the commanding heights of culture makes American politics more polarized. — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Press critics worry that the rise of media polarization threatens the foundation of credible, common information that American politics needs to thrive. — John Harwood Copy Share Image
Michael Kruse made the point that, on the one hand, this seems all totally unprecedented in American politics; on the other hand,… — Susan Glasser Copy Share Image
It is familiar to mainstream academic scholarship. One very prominent political scientist, in his standard text American Politics 20 years ago, observes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Here is a good bill that's needed in America. If it's unconstitutional, let the U.S. Supreme Court reverse its opinion and get… — Meldrim Thomson, Jr Copy Share Image
Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
[Richard M. Nixon was] a foul caricature of himself, a man with no soul, no inner convictions, with the integrity of a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
...the traces to the East haven been broken, the Republican party will never again be dominated by the editorial writers for the… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
We couldn't have known - who could've predicted what happened in American politics in the 2016? The rise of racism again, or… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
On March 8 a poll showed Hart 9 points ahead of Reagan. So perhaps 60 million Americans, 55 million of whom had… — George Will Copy Share Image
Mr. Chairman, I think the record should show that for the first time since McKinley, we have a Republican president worth shooting,… — James Johnson Copy Share Image
The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
You don't systematically disagree with the President of the United States or intervene in American politics and expect that he is going… — Robert Bothwell Copy Share Image
Duarte is a moderate when it comes to civilian control of the military and curbing death squads. On economics, the man is… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
There was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody's presidency. I mean,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Anti-Semitism has no business infiltrating American politics, it has no business infiltrating our college campuses, and it has no business in the… — Lee Zeldin Copy Share Image
“The tragedy is that thinking men, so-called intellectuals, seem to threaten the electorate. We have in this country an anti-intellectual strain that… — Myrna Loy Copy Share Image
As much as I cherish your [McCarthy's] right to a platform as an independent candidate I am not going to sit here… — John Anderson Copy Share Image
The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
“The problem with Trump voters is, they're so dumb, they don't even know how much stuff they don't know. They just assume… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
The national Democratic leadership is going so far left, they've left America. Don't let them bury the American dream in their graveyard… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The American people aren't overtaxed. The government in Washington is overfed. The main difference between ourselves and the other side is: we… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our relationship with Israel is another reason we're being attacked. But an American politician - whether Muslim or not - who criticizes… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
“This hostility against intellectual and cultural elites had antecedents in Senator Joseph McCarthy’s attacks in the 1950s, and arguably more generally forms… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
I've been interested in American politics since I was eight. That was in 1968. It was an interesting year. I was a… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Politics is a rough and tumble business, and yet there seems to be an effort by the commentariat to sanitise American politics… — James Carville Copy Share Image
Christians belong in American politics because there is not and cannot be a fundamental separation between our moral vocation and our citizenship. — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
My husband is a Dutch television correspondent. He's not taking any job away from an American. Because I don't really think there… — Alexandra C. Pelosi Copy Share Image
I'm setting the record straight - Chuck Schumer is nothing but a political animal who symbolizes all that's wrong with American politics. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
Workers, black and white, need some kind of international affirmative action to protect them from unfair competition with unorganized or slave labor… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
My sense of American politics is that most of our politicians are for sale, whether they are out and out crooked, or… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
George Clooney's 'Ides of March' could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years they're gonna go back and… — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
“And Boomer (and thus American) politics will continue to be driven by life cycle, with the Boomers’ desire to maintain old-age benefits… — Bruce Cannon Gibney Copy Share Image
We've had periods of meanness in American politics. Actually, the dawn of partisan division in America was basically in George Washington's second… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
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