Since the end of World War II, American leadership has been essential to maintain world peace. Whether we liked it or not, we were the world's policeman. There was no other cop on the beat. Now, that leadership is gone.… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
Republicans remain silent because Trump is doing what they want - lowering taxes on the rich, eviscerating regulations, bulldozing the environment, and insisting that… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
Myths have a certain staying power because, really, they are aspirational - not always who we are, but always who we want to be.… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
Maybe the best example of the unmuscled hero is Humphrey Bogart in 'Casablanca.' Bogart was 15 years older than Ingrid Bergman, and it did… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
We grow up to respect the gray. Black or white, one or the other, is childish. It represents the worldview of someone who does… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
The ultimate question is whether the name Donald Trump will be attached to an era - whether he will so change America that it… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
When I was a kid, I went door to door in my neighborhood asking for donations to the Jewish National Fund, best known then… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
I met Clinton during her husband's first campaign for the White House. It was 1992, New Hampshire, and both Clintons had stopped at a… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
In power politics, it's usually not enough to be liked. A nation has to be considered essential. — Richard Cohen Copy Share
My father was raised in an orphanage, and my mother was an immigrant from Poland whose first childhood memory was of hunger. Somehow, despite… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
It's all right with me if Roman Polanski is freed by the Swiss authorities who have detained him at the request of the United… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
“The book is warm. The book is handy. The book is handsome to the eye. The book occupies the shelf of the owner and… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
I don't like what George Zimmerman did, and I hate that Trayvon Martin is dead. But I also can understand why Zimmerman was suspicious… — Richard Cohen Copy Share
