It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Washington is a place where politics and economics often aren't on speaking terms. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
A thriving middle class is a necessary precondition for a free representative government. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
If you want to slow medical inflation in the private sector, it makes sense to expand the government's investment in private health… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
For any politician who didn't enter office a wealthy man, nothing says 'I take bribes' like a Rolex watch. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
An orthodox belief in big government's inefficiency cannot coexist with an orthodox belief in private industry's inability to compete with big government. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Politicians have such large egos that it usually takes them an inordinately long time to grasp when they've become a pathetic joke. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
When the only people in mainstream discourse who care about the working class are Wall Street investors, it really is time to… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I've come to the conclusion that the government needs to impose price controls on tuition increases - and so, I think, has… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The only agency of the federal government with a more demoralized workforce than Homeland Security is the Small Business Administration, a notorious… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The fallacy is that politicians don't really do much about social issues. They just demonize their opponents as elitists and reap the… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
If the Pentagon truly confined itself to providing defense, then presumably we wouldn't need a whole separate government agency to provide 'Homeland… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The federal government does not trample in jackboots those with whom it does business. It wraps them in cotton batting and, when… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I recognize that Republicans see a moral difference between a dollar taken away from a millionaire in government benefits and a dollar… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Loopy as the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings system is, it's better than what you'd probably get by putting such decisions… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The central con of the political coalition assembled by Ronald Reagan and maintained by his successors was that government was a common… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
When the only people in mainstream discourse who care about the working class are Wall Street investors, it really is time to ask where… — Timothy Noah Copy Share
GOP candidates routinely sign a pledge never, ever to raise taxes. Democratic candidates aren't even asked to sign a parallel pledge never, ever to… — Timothy Noah Copy Share
Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts. — Timothy Noah Copy Share
I recognize that Republicans see a moral difference between a dollar taken away from a millionaire in government benefits and a dollar taken away… — Timothy Noah Copy Share
What is the engine that drives economic growth in an ideopolis? The university. — Timothy Noah Copy Share
There is quite a lot of mutual misunderstanding between the upper middle class and the working class. Reviewing what's been said about the white… — Timothy Noah Copy Share
We Americans love our Constitution so much that we can't bear to change even the stupid parts. — Timothy Noah Copy Share
There's a growing consensus that the best way to defeat communism in Cuba is to get its citizens hooked on American goods. — Timothy Noah Copy Share
What I've come to believe is that psychological advice isn't worth much if it isn't rooted in personal experience. — Timothy Noah Copy Share
Is class snobbery a social reality in the United States? Absolutely, and the kind that's codified by meritocracy is probably more toxic than the… — Timothy Noah Copy Share
Politicians have such large egos that it usually takes them an inordinately long time to grasp when they've become a pathetic joke. — Timothy Noah Copy Share
Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work. — Timothy Noah Copy Share
