--- title: "22 Policy Quotes By David Brooks" description: "22 Policy quotes by David Brooks. Plus more from David Brooks and more Policy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/david-brooks-644_foreign-policy_i-think-romney-s-foreign-policy-is-sensi_2554581.png" --- > [I think Romney's foreign policy is sensible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-romney-s-foreign-policy-is-sensible/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/david-brooks-644_foreign-policy_i-think-romney-s-foreign-policy-is-sensi_2554581.png) > [I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-barack-obama-s-foreign-policy-will-be-regarded-more-failure/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/david-brooks-644_barack_i-think-barack-obama-s-foreign-policy-wi_48830.png) > [ I have seen \[Betsy DeVos\] present a few times. I don't really know her. But I have seen her present on education… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-have-seen-betsy-devos-present-a-few-times-i-don-t-really-know-her/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/david-brooks-644_education_i-have-seen-betsy-devos-present-a-few-ti_431069.png) > [The teachers union may not like Betsy DeVos, but she's clearly within the range of Republican policy-makers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-teachers-union-may-not-like-betsy-devos-but-she-s-clearly-within/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/david-brooks-644_makers_the-teachers-union-may-not-like-betsy-de_996845.png) > [The policies of the Democratic Party have always been in cultural consonance with the culture of the working class. And, somehow, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-policies-of-the-democratic-party-have-always-been-in-cultural/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/david-brooks-644_class_the-policies-of-the-democratic-party-hav_473028.jpg) > [ \[Donald Trump\] has shifted - President \[Barack\] Obama has shifted American policy in a much more critical way in Israel with the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/donald-trump-has-shifted-president-barack-obama-has-shifted-american/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/david-brooks-644_barack_donald-trump-has-shifted-president-barac_2991202.png) > [I think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-trump-s-attention-span-is-super-low-i-don-t-think-he-has-the/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/david-brooks-644_attention_i-think-trump-s-attention-span-is-super_3022670.png) > [Trade agreements are a net benefit for the world, and a net benefit for our foreign policy, and in the long run,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/trade-agreements-are-a-net-benefit-for-the-world-and-a-net-benefit/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/david-brooks-644_agreement_trade-agreements-are-a-net-benefit-for-t_2715000.png) > [ Would \[Betsy DeVos\] be my first pick? No. Is she someone who has dedicated her life to education policy? Yes, actually, she… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/would-betsy-devos-be-my-first-pick-no-is-she-someone-who-has/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/david-brooks-644_dedicated_would-betsy-devos-be-my-first-pick-no-is_2972455.png) > [The reason the Betsy DeVos case was the centerpiece case for the Democrats wasn't about her weakness as a knowledgeable person on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-reason-the-betsy-devos-case-was-the-centerpiece-case-for-the/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/david-brooks-644_cases_the-reason-the-betsy-devos-case-was-the_1239683.png) > [I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We're really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-came-to-the-conclusion-is-that-we-have-a-very-shallow-view-of-human/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/david-brooks-644_behavior_i-came-to-the-conclusion-is-that-we-have_2685609.png) > [ \[Betsy DeVos\] is quite a smart person, capable, pretty sophisticated in subtle thought. And so to me, that puts her in the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/betsy-devos-is-quite-a-smart-person-capable-pretty-sophisticated-in/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/david-brooks-644_block_betsy-devos-is-quite-a-smart-person-capa_1834524.png) > [One of the things I think about with Donald Trump is what are his words actually attached to? With Trump, I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/one-of-the-things-i-think-about-with-donald-trump-is-what-are-his/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fe/david-brooks-644_argument_one-of-the-things-i-think-about-with-don_1196466.png) > [I think as we interpret him and frankly as the world learns to interpret Donald Trump, are these just words that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-as-we-interpret-him-and-frankly-as-the-world-learns-to/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/david-brooks-644_air_i-think-as-we-interpret-him-and-frankly_2233797.jpg) > [Betsy DeVos is not the most informed person on education policy, but I have seen her present a few times, and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/betsy-devos-is-not-the-most-informed-person-on-education-policy-but-i/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/david-brooks-644_care_betsy-devos-is-not-the-most-informed-per_320387.png) > [ With a normal president like President \[Barack\] Obama, he says a word, and that's because there has been some thought that he's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/with-a-normal-president-like-president-barack-obama-he-says-a-word/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/david-brooks-644_adviser_with-a-normal-president-like-president-b_2352361.png) > [The fact that there could be an ISIS West Bank, the fact that the Palestinian government in Gaza doesn't even acknowledge Israel's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-fact-that-there-could-be-an-isis-west-bank-the-fact-that-the/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e55/david-brooks-644_acknowledge_the-fact-that-there-could-be-an-isis-wes_2771600.jpg) > [Bibi Netanyahu, froze the settlements and offered to go toward a two-state solution. The Palestinians didn't take him up on it. Historically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/bibi-netanyahu-froze-the-settlements-and-offered-to-go-toward-a-two/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/david-brooks-644_barack_bibi-netanyahu-froze-the-settlements-and_2534327.png) > [The thing that should most concern us is a shift in American foreign policy. We have had a bipartisan belief in American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-thing-that-should-most-concern-us-is-a-shift-in-american-foreign/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/david-brooks-644_agree_the-thing-that-should-most-concern-us-is_1179992.png) > [We know the 65-point policy points, to the extent that they exist, but is Hillary Clinton willing to be vulnerable, is she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/we-know-the-65-point-policy-points-to-the-extent-that-they-exist-but/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/david-brooks-644_clinton_we-know-the-65-point-policy-points-to-th_1859152.jpg) > [I just think, realistically, there's a lot of room outside the Trump populist right and the Bernie-Sanders-Elizabeth-Warren populist left. There are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-just-think-realistically-there-s-a-lot-of-room-outside-the-trump/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/david-brooks-644_believe_i-just-think-realistically-there-s-a-lot_2986388.png) > [If I were Donald Trump, I would definitely not pick Mitt Romney because it's very easy for Mitt Romney to have have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/if-i-were-donald-trump-i-would-definitely-not-pick-mitt-romney/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/david-brooks-644_america_if-i-were-donald-trump-i-would-definitel_1796199.png) ## Other authors on Policy ## More by David Brooks > [The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-brain-is-not-the-mind-it-is-probably-impossible-to-look-at-a-map/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/when-you-re-running-for-president-you-re-a-guest-in-the-living-room/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-ve-come-to-think-that-flourishing-consists-of-putting-yourself-in/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/we-have-rapidly-increasing-technology-which-is-making-life-very-good/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-barack-obama-s-foreign-policy-will-be-regarded-more-failure/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/if-you-know-that-most-processing-is-below-the-level-of-awareness-you/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [Trade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/trade-has-suddenly-become-massively-unpopular-i-think-that-s/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [Politics is based on social identity, and so, again, there is going to be differences between rural and urban and between left and right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/politics-is-based-on-social-identity-and-so-again-there-is-going-to/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [Pain now is better than pain deferred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/pain-now-is-better-than-pain-deferred/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/it-s-worth-noting-that-you-can-devote-your-life-to-community-service/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [If it feels all right for you, it's probably OK.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/if-it-feels-all-right-for-you-it-s-probably-ok/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [I do think Donald Trump is a fundamentally unstabilizing force and that the people who swore to uphold the Constitution are going to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-do-think-donald-trump-is-a-fundamentally-unstabilizing-force-and/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [Tim Kaine has been obviously a governor. He's been a senator. He's one of the smartest rising stars in the Democratic Party. He is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/tim-kaine-has-been-obviously-a-governor-he-s-been-a-senator-he-s-one/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [“Women, in general, are less visually aroused than men, a trait that has nearly cut the market for pornography in half.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/women-in-general-are-less-visually-aroused-than-men-a-trait-that-has/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) > [I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-wasn-t-born-with-a-tie-or-with-mark-shields-stapled-to-my-left-hip/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/policy/david-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "22 Policy Quotes By David Brooks", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think Romney's foreign policy is sensible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-romney-s-foreign-policy-is-sensible/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/david-brooks-644_foreign-policy_i-think-romney-s-foreign-policy-is-sensi_2554581.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/david-brooks-644_foreign-policy_i-think-romney-s-foreign-policy-is-sensi_2554581.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/david-brooks-644_foreign-policy_i-think-romney-s-foreign-policy-is-sensi_2554581.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think Romney's foreign policy is sensible.” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/i-think-barack-obama-s-foreign-policy-will-be-regarded-more-failure/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/david-brooks-644_barack_i-think-barack-obama-s-foreign-policy-wi_48830.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/david-brooks-644_barack_i-think-barack-obama-s-foreign-policy-wi_48830.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/david-brooks-644_barack_i-think-barack-obama-s-foreign-policy-wi_48830.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think Barack Obama's foreign policy will be regarded more failure than success.” — David Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have seen [Betsy DeVos] present a few times. 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