Yet when the hour of decision arrives, it turns out that many conservatives care as little as ever about administrative skill and executive accomplishment. Our party and our movement overwhelmingly respond to symbolic cues. Sarah Palin is exciting and appealing.… — David Frum Copy Share Image
It's very important to understand that 21st century authoritarian rule does not look like 20th century authoritarian rule. You're not going to have people in parade ground formations. You're not going to have a police state. You're not going to… — David Frum Copy Share Image
While there is an attempt by the Trump people to say that California isn't really America. California certainly seems like America to me. — David Frum Copy Share Image
I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed… — David Frum Copy Share Image
One of the things we're all going to have to discover, establishment is just an abusive term for institutions. It's institutions that keep us… — David Frum Copy Share Image
One of the things that really has gone wrong in modern politics, one of the things that made Trump possible was that many people… — David Frum Copy Share Image
People who want to wage cultural wars ought to keep in mind that cultural views often don't move at all for a very long… — David Frum Copy Share Image
A generation ago, or two, when there were three channels, plus PBS, and when you needed - when you needed 15 million people to… — David Frum Copy Share Image
Trump is not just unlike a Republican, he's unlike a presidential candidate. The whole elaborate presidential process is designed to screen out people like… — David Frum Copy Share Image
More Irishmen died fighting for Britain in World War I than died fighting against her in all of Ireland's bids for independence combined. — David Frum Copy Share Image
Donald Trump, as a businessman, he's not much of a builder and he's not much of dealmaker and he certainly isn't very good at… — David Frum Copy Share Image
The system we have is one that protects my rights under a president I don`t approve. That tomorrow we`ll do the same for you.… — David Frum Copy Share Image
[democrats] hated Richard Nixon, and no wonder. It was Nixon who sent Alger Hiss to jail, and Nixon who waged the Vietnam War after… — David Frum Copy Share Image
Crown Prince Rupprecht, the heir to the throne of Bavaria who commanded the army group facing the British at the Somme, was the senior… — David Frum Copy Share Image