--- title: "16 Clinton Quotes By David Brooks" description: "16 Clinton quotes by David Brooks. Plus more from David Brooks and more Clinton sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/david-brooks-644_attention_the-more-attention-hillary-clinton-gives_2934890.png" --- > [The more attention Hillary Clinton gives to the country, the less people seem to like her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-more-attention-hillary-clinton-gives-to-the-country-the-less/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/david-brooks-644_attention_the-more-attention-hillary-clinton-gives_2934890.png) > [Hillary Clinton is still - she's such a private person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/hillary-clinton-is-still-she-s-such-a-private-person/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/david-brooks-644_clinton_hillary-clinton-is-still-she-s-such-a-pr_996607.png) > [ Of those two \[Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump\], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/of-those-two-hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-i-do-think-that-the/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/david-brooks-644_clinton_of-those-two-hillary-clinton-and-donald_1161427.png) > [I do think Hillary Clinton should have pivoted and say, I am change, I am change, because people do want some change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-do-think-hillary-clinton-should-have-pivoted-and-say-i-am-change-i/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/david-brooks-644_change_i-do-think-hillary-clinton-should-have-p_1037434.png) > [Basically, less educated or high school-educated whites are going to Donald Trump. It doesn't matter what the guy does. And college-educated going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/basically-less-educated-or-high-school-educated-whites-are-going-to/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/david-brooks-644_clinton_basically-less-educated-or-high-school-e_2992910.png) > [Hillary Clinton continues to say Donald Trump's unacceptable, he doesn't have the character to be president. He is saying - continues saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/hillary-clinton-continues-to-say-donald-trump-s-unacceptable-he-doesn/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/073/david-brooks-644_character_hillary-clinton-continues-to-say-donald_417459.png) > [ I really think of \[Donald\] Trump erratic. I think that was the big message that came out. The positive agenda for Hillary… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-really-think-of-donald-trump-erratic-i-think-that-was-the-big/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/david-brooks-644_agendas_i-really-think-of-donald-trump-erratic-i_710581.png) > [I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-do-think-british-and-american-politics-rhyme-they-go-in-cycles-they/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1eb/david-brooks-644_american-politics_i-do-think-british-and-american-politics_3235359.png) > [I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-americans-expect-optimism-in-their-leadership-the-most/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/david-brooks-644_bills_i-think-americans-expect-optimism-in-the_1402249.jpg) > [I do think economic and social anxiety is the number one issue. And I'm pretty confident Hillary Clinton will be really riding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-do-think-economic-and-social-anxiety-is-the-number-one-issue-and-i/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/david-brooks-644_anxiety_i-do-think-economic-and-social-anxiety-i_1580568.png) > [For the Democrats, they're trying to avoid having the Sanders-Clinton debate over and over again. But, to some degree, they're sentenced to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/for-the-democrats-they-re-trying-to-avoid-having-the-sanders-clinton/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bb/david-brooks-644_clear_for-the-democrats-they-re-trying-to-avoi_2071348.png) > [ There will just always be a distance between you and the people around you. Now, \[Hillary Clinton\] can clearly emotionally connect with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/there-will-just-always-be-a-distance-between-you-and-the-people/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/david-brooks-644_clinton_there-will-just-always-be-a-distance-bet_3111339.png) > [ \[Mitch Daniels\] was not a bad governor. He could be playful, but - or communicator.I'm just saying it will - I think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/mitch-daniels-was-not-a-bad-governor-he-could-be-playful-but-or/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/david-brooks-644_assuming_mitch-daniels-was-not-a-bad-governor-he_2973434.png) > [Bill Clinton pandered by telling you what you wanted to hear. John Kerry panders by never telling you what you don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/bill-clinton-pandered-by-telling-you-what-you-wanted-to-hear-john/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bea/david-brooks-644_ambiguity_bill-clinton-pandered-by-telling-you-wha_210866.jpg) > [We know the 65-point policy points, to the extent that they exist, but is Hillary Clinton willing to be vulnerable, is she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/we-know-the-65-point-policy-points-to-the-extent-that-they-exist-but/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/david-brooks-644_clinton_we-know-the-65-point-policy-points-to-th_1859152.jpg) > [The three people who are most often talked about with Hillary Clinton, whether it's Tim Kaine or Vilsack or Cory Booker, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-three-people-who-are-most-often-talked-about-with-hillary-clinton/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/david-brooks-644_clinton_the-three-people-who-are-most-often-talk_337562.png) ## Other authors on Clinton ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clinton/david-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "16 Clinton Quotes By David Brooks", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The more attention Hillary Clinton gives to the country, the less people seem to like her.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-more-attention-hillary-clinton-gives-to-the-country-the-less/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/david-brooks-644_attention_the-more-attention-hillary-clinton-gives_2934890.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/david-brooks-644_attention_the-more-attention-hillary-clinton-gives_2934890.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/david-brooks-644_attention_the-more-attention-hillary-clinton-gives_2934890.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The more attention Hillary Clinton gives to the country, the less people seem to like her.” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hillary Clinton is still - she's such a private person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/hillary-clinton-is-still-she-s-such-a-private-person/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/david-brooks-644_clinton_hillary-clinton-is-still-she-s-such-a-pr_996607.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/david-brooks-644_clinton_hillary-clinton-is-still-she-s-such-a-pr_996607.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/david-brooks-644_clinton_hillary-clinton-is-still-she-s-such-a-pr_996607.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hillary Clinton is still - she's such a private person.” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Of those two [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the Democratic theme is eclipsing the Republican one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/of-those-two-hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-i-do-think-that-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/david-brooks-644_clinton_of-those-two-hillary-clinton-and-donald_1161427.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/david-brooks-644_clinton_of-those-two-hillary-clinton-and-donald_1161427.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/david-brooks-644_clinton_of-those-two-hillary-clinton-and-donald_1161427.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Of those two [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the…” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do think Hillary Clinton should have pivoted and say, I am change, I am change, because people do want some change.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-do-think-hillary-clinton-should-have-pivoted-and-say-i-am-change-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/david-brooks-644_change_i-do-think-hillary-clinton-should-have-p_1037434.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/david-brooks-644_change_i-do-think-hillary-clinton-should-have-p_1037434.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/david-brooks-644_change_i-do-think-hillary-clinton-should-have-p_1037434.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I do think Hillary Clinton should have pivoted and say, I am change, I am change, because people do want…” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Basically, less educated or high school-educated whites are going to Donald Trump. 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The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan or Jack Kennedy, brought to it a sense of optimism and possibility.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-americans-expect-optimism-in-their-leadership-the-most/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/david-brooks-644_bills_i-think-americans-expect-optimism-in-the_1402249.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/david-brooks-644_bills_i-think-americans-expect-optimism-in-the_1402249.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/david-brooks-644_bills_i-think-americans-expect-optimism-in-the_1402249.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. 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