--- title: "10 Democratic Quotes By David Brooks" description: "10 Democratic quotes by David Brooks. Plus more from David Brooks and more Democratic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/david-brooks-644_clinton_of-those-two-hillary-clinton-and-donald_1161427.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) > [The policies of the Democratic Party have always been in cultural consonance with the culture of the working class. And, somehow, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-policies-of-the-democratic-party-have-always-been-in-cultural/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/david-brooks-644_class_the-policies-of-the-democratic-party-hav_473028.jpg) > [Tim Kaine has been obviously a governor. He's been a senator. He's one of the smartest rising stars in the Democratic Party.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/david-brooks-644_democratic_tim-kaine-has-been-obviously-a-governor_108241.jpg) > [It’s not that Egypt doesn’t have a recipe for a democratic transition. It seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/it-s-not-that-egypt-doesn-t-have-a-recipe-for-a-democratic-transition/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/david-brooks-644_democratic_it-s-not-that-egypt-doesn-t-have-a-recip_2666298.png) > [Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/memo-to-young-journalists-democratic-victories-are-always-ascribed-to/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/david-brooks-644_democratic_memo-to-young-journalists-democratic-vic_2910850.png) > [There are no free and democratic and wealthy countries in the world that have US rate of gun violence. We have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/there-are-no-free-and-democratic-and-wealthy-countries-in-the-world/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/david-brooks-644_amendment_there-are-no-free-and-democratic-and-wea_333847.jpg) > [ \[Betsy DeVos\] 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) > [We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods. ... We love the prep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/we-pretend-to-be-a-middle-class-democratic-nation-but-in-reality-we/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/david-brooks-644_aristocratic_we-pretend-to-be-a-middle-class-democrat_802091.png) > [The thing that should most concern us is a shift in American foreign policy. We have had a bipartisan belief in American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-thing-that-should-most-concern-us-is-a-shift-in-american-foreign/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/david-brooks-644_agree_the-thing-that-should-most-concern-us-is_1179992.png) > [I think, from a progressive point of view, to have a Democratic Congress and a Democratic White House, and to have spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-from-a-progressive-point-of-view-to-have-a-democratic/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cc/david-brooks-644_addresses_i-think-from-a-progressive-point-of-view_1843369.png) ## Other authors on Democratic ## 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/democratic/david-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "10 Democratic Quotes By David Brooks", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "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": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The policies of the Democratic Party have always been in cultural consonance with the culture of the working class. 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