People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. They have some issue. They have some interest. It… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
My colleague Ross Douthat wrote that any time you give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt, he always lets you down. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
With the case of [Mike] Pence, giving a little aurora of likability to a candidate, a lead candidate who's a little lacking… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The school asks a person who has achieved a certain level of career success to give you a speech telling you that… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
We don't have the choice to control our emotions, but we do have the power to educate our emotions. And we do… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
What you hear in focus groups and conversations, people will give you 20 minutes of rage about how the borders are out… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Institutions do all the things that are supposed to be bad. They impede personal exploration. They enforce conformity. But they often save… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If you're running a successful administration, then you're loyal to people who are basically good who make a mistake. And that seems… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The more attention Hillary Clinton gives to the country, the less people seem to like her. — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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