Intersection Journalism Quotes by Jacob Weisberg

As far apart as they are theologically, Mormons and evangelical Christians may have more in common with each other anthropologically than they do with…

— Jacob Weisberg

Political analysts tend to overinterpret the results of isolated elections.

— Jacob Weisberg

Seeing the rich and famous screw up makes us feel superior, or at least not quite so inferior.

— Jacob Weisberg

Trade, tourism, cultural exchange, and participation in international institutions all serve to erode the legitimacy of repressive regimes.

— Jacob Weisberg

The cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis.

— Jacob Weisberg

America's sanctions policy is largely consistent and, in a certain sense, admirable. By applying economic restraints, we label the most oppressive and dangerous governments…

— Jacob Weisberg

You may or may not agree with Obama's policy prescriptions, but they are, by and large, serious attempts to deal with the biggest issues…

— Jacob Weisberg

The invasion of Iraq was, in ways that have since become hard to dispute, a terrible mistake.

— Jacob Weisberg

In practice, conservatives are no less inclined than liberals to adopt superior stances or to tell people how to live their lives.

— Jacob Weisberg

The leader who loves books that tell him he is great and right may be worse than the leader who does not love books…

— Jacob Weisberg

Without medical records that he hasn't released, we can't know whether Gingrich may have inherited his mother's manic depression. Nevertheless, one observes in the…

— Jacob Weisberg

Members of the middle class do not have to worry about falling off $250,000 sailboats because they don't have $250,000 sailboats to fall off of.

— Jacob Weisberg