I think actually in any party it's a sign of general health to have different views, and especially on the subject of… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I don't think the Palestinians are in this position they're in, divided with Hamas and the P.A., unwilling to allow - or… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana was a case of that, who was an outstanding administrator. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Of those two [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
For the Republican Convention, I think of Trump's speech and sort of the darkness, the fear of crime, the need for a… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I generally think debates within a party should not be treated as a scandal. They should be treated as a sign of… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's got to do some big changes, because what he was voted on. But when you think about how to do… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
One of the things I think about with Donald Trump is what are his words actually attached to? With Trump, I'm not… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the voters who voted for Donald Trump certainly are willing to tolerate a lot of ugliness, but maybe, if you're… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the Republican budget priorities are messed up. I salute for the way they're attacking some of the entitlement programs, but… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
[Mitch Daniels] was not a bad governor. He could be playful, but - or communicator.I'm just saying it will - I think… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Some people think humility is thinking lowly of yourself. Some people think it's not thinking about yourself. But, to me, the best… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that being in the Trump Cabinet will be a very important job. I do think this will be a… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The things that make them similar - their machismo, their expansionary braggadocio - is going to turn them I think into bitter… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I, personally, think Trump improved pretty dramatically and certainly changed pretty dramatically over the last hundred days. He's less of the populist.… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm not sure [Donald] Trump has had that distinction between private and public life in his head. And so, I think there's… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Stairway to Wisdom”) David Brooks detailed the needed ingredients to gaining a deep understanding of a social problem, beginning with the data… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
It's just a lot safer to be an incumbent. So I think they have used the campaign finance reforms. They have passed… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I generally think the president [Donald Trump] should get his Cabinet picks, unless they're egregiously out of the range, either ethically or… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I don't blame the Democrats for fighting. They have got a very energized base. And there is a lot to complain about… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The politics is broken up and down. And Trump may emerge from a reality TV world that is much more powerful than… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I have come to think we have to treat Donald Trump's tweets like Snapchat. It's just something that is going to go… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I do think trying to live each day as a bunch of moral occasions, did I live up to what I would… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think that it's an arguable position, whether with Hamas and ISIS around, whether there should be a Palestinian state, but it's… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
A lot of people think Barack Obama should have responded to the Russian hacking of the U.S. elections weeks ago, months ago.… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the Barack Obama position and the majority position of American Jews and a lot of Americans is a two-state solution… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
We live in a culture of a big me. We're encouraged - we raise our kids to think how great they are,… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Trump has picked the more extreme versions of all Republicans so far, the more aggressive. And I think the thing to watch… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the… — David Brooks Copy Share
When you're running for president, you're a guest in the living room for four years. And if people don't think you're going to be… — David Brooks Copy Share
“I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences,… — David Brooks Copy Share
We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for… — David Brooks Copy Share
I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success. — David Brooks Copy Share
If you know that most processing is below the level of awareness, you learn the value of sleep. You're brain is working on the… — David Brooks Copy Share
Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance. — David Brooks Copy Share
Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right. — David Brooks Copy Share
It’s worth noting that you can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck. You can spend your life on Wall… — David Brooks Copy Share
I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have… — David Brooks Copy Share
Tim Kaine has been obviously a governor. He's been a senator. He's one of the smartest rising stars in the Democratic Party. He is… — David Brooks Copy Share
“Women, in general, are less visually aroused than men, a trait that has nearly cut the market for pornography in half.” — David Brooks Copy Share
I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life. — David Brooks Copy Share
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