Parties and political systems used to be about excluding renegades who would never play well with others in government. Now it's actually systematically screening them in. — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
People think that politics just somehow magically organizes itself. It doesn't work that way. You need to assemble these huge coalitions of 535 politicians on Capitol Hill, and tens of thousands of interest groups, and tens of millions of voters,… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“That was the day I realized that he could not cope and I could not cope and, emotionally, he could take me down with… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“The social system does not and never can exist which allows no harm to come to anybody. Conflict of impulse and desire is an… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
If every negotiation is conducted in public, then the minute one person says, well, what if we try this, next thing you know, the… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Leave an extrovert alone for two minutes and he will reach for his cell phone. In contrast, after an hour or two of being… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
We started tearing down the seniority system on Capitol Hill. All of that begins in the '70s. It accelerates and continues in the '90s,… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
There will be more coming afterwards if we don't re-empower politicians to get organized and work together. — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Many actors, I've read, are introverts, and many introverts, when socializing, feel like actors. — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“A basic principle of science—of liberal social life—is that we kill our hypotheses rather than each other .” — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge ... This isn't antisocial. It isn't a… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more level-headed, more… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
