Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character's heads. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained. — David Frum Copy Share
[In politics,] when there is no reason to speak, there is a reason not to speak. — David Frum Copy Share
Look, the media are trapped by changes in the technology and business of their industry. — David Frum Copy Share
