Donald Trump's world view is that it's a dangerous, miserable place, people are out to get him, and he needs to strike… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Liberals lost touch with working-class Americans because they never had to have a conversation about values with those voters; they could just… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think, from a progressive point of view, to have a Democratic Congress and a Democratic White House, and to have spent… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I take a benign view of digital connectedness. I notice in most young people's lives, Facebook and such doesn't replace normal dating… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If you go in a confirmation process, you're going to be asked about the embarrassing or stupid things you said. You should… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think actually in any party it's a sign of general health to have different views, and especially on the subject of… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We're really… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
In my view, success is earned externally by being better than other people. But character, that sort of unfakeable goodness, is earned… — 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
