Hope is different from optimism. Hope is a tough virtue, not a psychological predisposition. Hope insists on taking facts and reason into account and still insisting that improvement ... is always a real possibility. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share Image
Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
We have pursued public policies that kind of hold the recovery back, but the private economy is really starting to roll. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
What's really striking here is that a candidate who ran as the Paladin of the working class who'd deliver them picks a guy who… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
The New York Times had a headline on its website - Trump Turning To Ultra Wealthy To Steer Economic Policy. This doesn't sound very… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
I think this is a scary thing [hacking] that does have to be taken out of a partisan context. And one of the best… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
Here you had John McCain and Lindsey Graham in a very principled way standing up and defending Barack Obama. You had people like Gene… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
[ Donald Trump is] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness to Putin… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
When [Republicans] say they can reduce taxes and trim deficits at the same time, they are either deluded or deceptive, and they are playing… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
The madman theory can work, but it only works if it's strategic. And I think one of the problems that President Trump faces is… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
You have this all the way through this cabinet so that I think there are a lot of other things to worry about [Donald]… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
I wish we had more [Dwight] Eisenhower Republicans in this [Donald]Trump cabinet. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
On the question of opposition, I think there are - when you want to send a signal if you're on the Democratic side that… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
It sure looks like [Vladimir] Putin did this [hack DNS site]. And we all need to take this seriously. — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
I think there are a lot of Americans who are very scared, scared that [Vladimir] Putin manipulated us, worried about Rex Tillerson, the winner… — E. J. Dionne Copy Share
