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> [When politicians began to see that every last thing that they did in public could be broadcast to a mass audience, the fact that the stakes were so much higher now that every moment became fraught caused them to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/when-politicians-began-to-see-that-every-last-thing-that-they-did-in/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

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> [If every American automatically has health coverage, the age at which Medicare kicks in becomes a less fraught issue. We could gradually raise the age of Medicare eligibility a bit, according to income, and save money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/if-every-american-automatically-has-health-coverage-the-age-at-which/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

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## More by Joe Klein

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/you-know-when-george-bush-talks-about-freedom-not-being-america-s/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/when-i-started-in-the-press-there-were-really-ink-stained-wretches/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/in-2012-there-was-a-megafoolish-if-well-funded-effort-by-a-group/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/we-journalists-are-never-so-idiotic-as-when-we-analyze-things-that-we/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/you-know-larger-than-life-politicians-have-larger-than-life-strengths/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/i-believe-that-poverty-is-often-the-result-of-inappropriate-behavior/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of patronage and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/that-was-the-miracle-of-abraham-lincoln-politician-he-pursued-the/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/for-me-a-really-radical-position-for-journalism-to-take-is-to-stop/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/affirmative-action-was-always-racial-justice-on-the-cheap/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/i-m-in-favour-of-politicians-having-extra-marital-relationships-oh/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/in-point-of-fact-simpson-bowles-has-become-a-symbol-or-simbowl-rather/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [I believe, I believe that the people who voted in those primaries for Donald Trump were at least helping him along with his message…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/i-believe-i-believe-that-the-people-who-voted-in-those-primaries-for/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [“Faith, unaccompanied by rigorous skepticism, is a recipe for myopia and foolishness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/faith-unaccompanied-by-rigorous-skepticism-is-a-recipe-for-myopia-and/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [This dilettante notion that the global economy is evil because big corporate leaders make too much money... they do make too much money, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/this-dilettante-notion-that-the-global-economy-is-evil-because-big/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

> [I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-klein/i-got-into-journalism-because-i-came-of-age-in-the-60s-it-just-seemed/)

[Joe Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-klein/)

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