I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Of those two [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] will be the one on offense. He will be the one serving volleys, and it may be some weird stuff… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
You have got to have two things in education reform. You have got to have some flexibility, so people can figure out… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could… — 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
Certainly, the country can't have two presidents at once, so the tradition has been to hang back if you're the president-elect and… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
President-elect [Donald] Trump's ambassador to Israel is further to the right than almost anyone in Israel, further to the right than Bibi… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Donald Trump tried to set up this debate where it was going to be globalists vs. nationalists, and the Republicans were going… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. He can say, "Oh, I stood up to… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least… — 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