--- title: "11 Thinking Quotes By E. J. Dionne" description: "11 Thinking quotes by E. J. Dionne. Plus more from E. J. Dionne and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/e-j-dionne-18102_bigoted_i-think-donald-trump-simply-needs-to-mak_2064612.png" --- > [I think Donald Trump simply needs to make himself look less bigoted, less dangerous, more comfortable to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/i-think-donald-trump-simply-needs-to-make-himself-look-less-bigoted/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b34/e-j-dionne-18102_bigoted_i-think-donald-trump-simply-needs-to-mak_2064612.png) > [I actually think there are more Republicans than people realize who would be sympathetic to immigration reform in the rank and file.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/i-actually-think-there-are-more-republicans-than-people-realize-who/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/e-j-dionne-18102_book_i-actually-think-there-are-more-republic_3158959.png) > [ I think there are a lot of Americans who are very scared, scared that \[Vladimir\] Putin manipulated us, worried about Rex Tillerson,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-americans-who-are-very-scared-scared-that/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/e-j-dionne-18102_friendship_i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-americans-who_1395231.png) > [ I think this is a scary thing \[hacking\] that does have to be taken out of a partisan context. And one of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/i-think-this-is-a-scary-thing-hacking-that-does-have-to-be-taken-out/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/e-j-dionne-18102_bottom_i-think-this-is-a-scary-thing-hacking-th_624424.png) > [If you really want to change the Trump administration, you have to change the guy at the top. And that's not happening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/if-you-really-want-to-change-the-trump-administration-you-have-to/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/e-j-dionne-18102_economic_if-you-really-want-to-change-the-trump-a_1882645.png) > [ \[I think there are a lot of Americans who are very scared \] that Donald Trump and his campaign, or his future… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-americans-who-are-very-scared-that-donald/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/e-j-dionne-18102_administration_i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-americans-who_1698411.png) > [ \[ Donald Trump is\] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/donald-trump-is-candidate-who-said-he-has-more-confidence-in-vladimir/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/e-j-dionne-18102_barack_donald-trump-is-candidate-who-said-he-ha_643755.png) > [On the question of opposition, I think there are - when you want to send a signal if you're on the Democratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/on-the-question-of-opposition-i-think-there-are-when-you-want-to-send/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/e-j-dionne-18102_aspect_on-the-question-of-opposition-i-think-th_951501.png) > [You have this all the way through this cabinet so that I think there are a lot of other things to worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/you-have-this-all-the-way-through-this-cabinet-so-that-i-think-there/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/e-j-dionne-18102_cabinet_you-have-this-all-the-way-through-this-c_715541.png) > [The New York Times had a headline on its website - Trump Turning To Ultra Wealthy To Steer Economic Policy. This doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/the-new-york-times-had-a-headline-on-its-website-trump-turning-to/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/e-j-dionne-18102_action_the-new-york-times-had-a-headline-on-its_560666.jpg) > [The madman theory can work, but it only works if it's strategic. And I think one of the problems that President Trump…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/the-madman-theory-can-work-but-it-only-works-if-it-s-strategic-and-i/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/e-j-dionne-18102_classic_the-madman-theory-can-work-but-it-only-w_706743.jpg) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/stephen-king/) ## More by E. J. Dionne > [Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/forgive-me-for-noting-that-conservatives-seem-to-believe-that-the/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [We have pursued public policies that kind of hold the recovery back, but the private economy is really starting to roll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/we-have-pursued-public-policies-that-kind-of-hold-the-recovery-back/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/what-s-really-striking-here-is-that-a-candidate-who-ran-as-the/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [The New York Times had a headline on its website - Trump Turning To Ultra Wealthy To Steer Economic Policy. This doesn't sound very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/the-new-york-times-had-a-headline-on-its-website-trump-turning-to/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/the-money-matters-and-secret-money-is-corrupting-secret-money-is/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [ I think this is a scary thing \[hacking\] that does have to be taken out of a partisan context. And one of the best… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/i-think-this-is-a-scary-thing-hacking-that-does-have-to-be-taken-out/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [Here you had John McCain and Lindsey Graham in a very principled way standing up and defending Barack Obama. You had people like Gene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/here-you-had-john-mccain-and-lindsey-graham-in-a-very-principled-way/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [ \[ Donald Trump is\] candidate who said he has more confidence in Vladimir Putin's strength than in Barack Obama's strength. His closeness to Putin… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/donald-trump-is-candidate-who-said-he-has-more-confidence-in-vladimir/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [ When \[Republicans\] say they can reduce taxes and trim deficits at the same time, they are either deluded or deceptive, and they are playing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/when-republicans-say-they-can-reduce-taxes-and-trim-deficits-at-the/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/the-madman-theory-can-work-but-it-only-works-if-it-s-strategic-and-i/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [ You have this all the way through this cabinet so that I think there are a lot of other things to worry about \[Donald\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/you-have-this-all-the-way-through-this-cabinet-so-that-i-think-there/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [ I wish we had more \[Dwight\] Eisenhower Republicans in this \[Donald\]Trump cabinet. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/i-wish-we-had-more-dwight-eisenhower-republicans-in-this-donald-trump/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [On the question of opposition, I think there are - when you want to send a signal if you're on the Democratic side that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/on-the-question-of-opposition-i-think-there-are-when-you-want-to-send/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [ It sure looks like \[Vladimir\] Putin did this \[hack DNS site\]. And we all need to take this seriously. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/it-sure-looks-like-vladimir-putin-did-this-hack-dns-site-and-we-all/) [E. J. Dionne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-dionne/) > [ I think there are a lot of Americans who are very scared, scared that \[Vladimir\] Putin manipulated us, worried about Rex Tillerson, the winner… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-dionne/i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-americans-who-are-very-scared-scared-that/) [E. J. 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Dionne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[ 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 is a very scary thing for the country and the fact that the news was dominated for 33 days I think it was by WikiLeaks stories, that had an impact on states that were decided by a knife-edge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E. J. 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