We`re facing a very different sort of threat now, a more amorphous threat, al Qaeda, terrorism, and so on. And so the… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
We should never go to war unless we have been attacked or are under direct, immediate threat of attack. Never. And never… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
You know, when George Bush talks about freedom not being America's gift to world but God's gift to all humankind, it smells like market… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
When I started in the press there were really ink-stained wretches. Not everybody went to college. Now, everybody at the New York Times and… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
In 2012 there was a megafoolish, if well-funded, effort by a group called Americans Elect to raise an independent Cincinnatus to run for president… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of patronage and… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I'm in favour of politicians having extra-marital relationships. Oh yeah. It makes them more understanding of the flaws that the rest of us have. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
In point of fact, 'Simpson-Bowles' has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I believe, I believe that the people who voted in those primaries for Donald Trump were at least helping him along with his message… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
