You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I came to political consciousness with John F. Kennedy's magnificent 1961 Inaugural Address. It seemed the start of something fresh and exciting,… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
For those of us who consider ourselves political moderates, life is a dispiriting slog, a sorry mix of rectitude and ineptitude. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I'm in favour of politicians having extra-marital relationships. Oh yeah. It makes them more understanding of the flaws that the rest of… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
There's a basic law, Klein's second, or third, or fourth law of politics in the TV age, which is warm always beats… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
For the past several years, I've been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
Political courage requires clarity. The Obama Administration chose the tortured route of arguing the legality of the individual mandate via the interstate… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
When politicians began to see that every last thing that they did in public could be broadcast to a mass audience, the… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
If there was one fact that sent me hurtling off to write 'Politics Lost,' it was when I learned that John Kerry… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
You know, when George Bush talks about freedom not being America's gift to world but God's gift to all humankind, it smells like market… — Joe Klein Copy Share
When I started in the press there were really ink-stained wretches. Not everybody went to college. Now, everybody at the New York Times and… — Joe Klein Copy Share
In 2012 there was a megafoolish, if well-funded, effort by a group called Americans Elect to raise an independent Cincinnatus to run for president… — Joe Klein Copy Share
We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing. — Joe Klein Copy Share
You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses. — Joe Klein Copy Share
I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should… — Joe Klein Copy Share
That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of patronage and… — Joe Klein Copy Share
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre. — Joe Klein Copy Share
I'm in favour of politicians having extra-marital relationships. Oh yeah. It makes them more understanding of the flaws that the rest of us have. — Joe Klein Copy Share
In point of fact, 'Simpson-Bowles' has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit… — Joe Klein Copy Share
I believe, I believe that the people who voted in those primaries for Donald Trump were at least helping him along with his message… — Joe Klein Copy Share
“Faith, unaccompanied by rigorous skepticism, is a recipe for myopia and foolishness.” — Joe Klein Copy Share
This dilettante notion that the global economy is evil because big corporate leaders make too much money... they do make too much money, but… — Joe Klein Copy Share
I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done. — Joe Klein Copy Share
