People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. They have some issue. They have some interest. It… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The corruption will come back to haunt the Trump administration. But mostly, it'll come back to haunt the American economy, as companies… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“If the outer mind hungers for status, money, and applause, the inner mind hungers for harmony and connection—those moments when self-consciousness fades… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
It's just a lot safer to be an incumbent. So I think they have used the campaign finance reforms. They have passed… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think there are two basic approaches you can use for campaign finance. One is complete openness, everybody knows absolutely everything, but… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If it's all win-loss, then you do whatever you can to win and to make money and to beat the deal. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the presidency is a bad way to measure the effective campaign finance, because in the presidency, there is so much… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The incumbents just have a ton more money because they have rigged the system to help themselves, because they have these networks… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
When you're running for president, you're a guest in the living room for four years. And if people don't think you're going to be… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences,… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If you know that most processing is below the level of awareness, you learn the value of sleep. You're brain is working on the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
It’s worth noting that you can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck. You can spend your life on Wall… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
