One of the things this world is finding is that emotion is the basis of reason. We really have to trust our… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The moral foundation of the society, the way we interact with each other is more fundamental than the Supreme Court. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I do think creating an open free-trade economy but with strong social support is the way to go. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think we are all disgusted by the way George W. Bush's administration has allowed honesty and candor to seep into the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Our emotions tell us what to value. They're like a little GPS system: Go that way. Don't go that way. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The corruption will come back to haunt the Trump administration. But mostly, it'll come back to haunt the American economy, as companies… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to shape the way students perceive the world,… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is so egregious in the way he talks about women, the way he allegedly treated women. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the presidency is a bad way to measure the effective campaign finance, because in the presidency, there is so much… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] has shifted - President [Barack] Obama has shifted American policy in a much more critical way in Israel with the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas… — 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
The roots of great innovation are never just in the technology itself. They are always in the wider historical context. They require… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the Republican budget priorities are messed up. I salute for the way they're attacking some of the entitlement programs, but… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
There has never been evidence that people from these [banned] countries are disproportionately likely to commit terrorist acts. We have sent chaos… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Some children lack tools to see their course in the world in far-sighted ways. Just introducing school vouchers won't change that. You… — 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
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