This dilettante notion that the global economy is evil because big corporate leaders make too much money... they do make too much money, but the only way we've figured out how to generate wealth in this world is through the… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
You know, when George Bush talks about freedom not being America's gift to world but God's gift to all humankind, it smells like market… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
When I started in the press there were really ink-stained wretches. Not everybody went to college. Now, everybody at the New York Times and… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
In 2012 there was a megafoolish, if well-funded, effort by a group called Americans Elect to raise an independent Cincinnatus to run for president… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of patronage and… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I'm in favour of politicians having extra-marital relationships. Oh yeah. It makes them more understanding of the flaws that the rest of us have. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
In point of fact, 'Simpson-Bowles' has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit reduction. — Joe Klein Copy Share
I believe, I believe that the people who voted in those primaries for Donald Trump were at least helping him along with his message… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
