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title: "5 Charter Quotes By David Brooks"
description: "5 Charter quotes by David Brooks. Plus more from David Brooks and more Charter sayings from other authors."
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> [Betsy DeVos is not the most informed person on education policy, but I have seen her present a few times, and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/betsy-devos-is-not-the-most-informed-person-on-education-policy-but-i/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/david-brooks-644_care_betsy-devos-is-not-the-most-informed-per_320387.png)

> [Just, as I have traveled around from school to school, whether it's project-based learning or an outward bound curriculum, it's very hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/just-as-i-have-traveled-around-from-school-to-school-whether-it-s/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/david-brooks-644_bounds_just-as-i-have-traveled-around-from-scho_869670.png)

> [I think charter schools, choice, and frankly school standards need a champion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-charter-schools-choice-and-frankly-school-standards-need-a/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/david-brooks-644_champion_i-think-charter-schools-choice-and-frank_994557.png)

> [ \[Betsy DeVos\] does care about charter schools, which are public schools. She does care about choice, which is a perfectly legitimate thing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/betsy-devos-does-care-about-charter-schools-which-are-public-schools/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/david-brooks-644_care_betsy-devos-does-care-about-charter-scho_1106776.png)

> [Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/charter-schools-are-public-schools-they-re-paid-for-publicly-and-they/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

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## Other authors on Charter

## More by David Brooks

> [The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-brain-is-not-the-mind-it-is-probably-impossible-to-look-at-a-map/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/when-you-re-running-for-president-you-re-a-guest-in-the-living-room/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-ve-come-to-think-that-flourishing-consists-of-putting-yourself-in/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/we-have-rapidly-increasing-technology-which-is-making-life-very-good/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-barack-obama-s-foreign-policy-will-be-regarded-more-failure/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/if-you-know-that-most-processing-is-below-the-level-of-awareness-you/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/trade-has-suddenly-become-massively-unpopular-i-think-that-s/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/politics-is-based-on-social-identity-and-so-again-there-is-going-to/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [Pain now is better than pain deferred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/pain-now-is-better-than-pain-deferred/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/it-s-worth-noting-that-you-can-devote-your-life-to-community-service/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [If it feels all right for you, it's probably OK.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/if-it-feels-all-right-for-you-it-s-probably-ok/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-do-think-donald-trump-is-a-fundamentally-unstabilizing-force-and/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/tim-kaine-has-been-obviously-a-governor-he-s-been-a-senator-he-s-one/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [“Women, in general, are less visually aroused than men, a trait that has nearly cut the market for pornography in half.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/women-in-general-are-less-visually-aroused-than-men-a-trait-that-has/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

> [I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-wasn-t-born-with-a-tie-or-with-mark-shields-stapled-to-my-left-hip/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

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