Through American history, we have had populist movements that often, often, often have this ugly racial element. But, often, there are warning… — David Brooks American history Copy Share Image
Since 2005, a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup poll, have said it was wrong and a mistake to go into Iraq. — David Brooks Iraq 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 Faces 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 Administration 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 Attacking Copy Share Image
Russia has a very sophisticated, advanced attack on U.S. businesses and U.S. government and U.S. institutions. And it's not like Donald Trump… — David Brooks Business 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 Childhood 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 Debate Copy Share Image
The things that make them similar - their machismo, their expansionary braggadocio - is going to turn them I think into bitter… — David Brooks Bitter Copy Share Image
Economists sometimes do try to reduce behavior to law-like predictability. But people respond differently to different primes, to different contexts even from… — David Brooks Behavior Copy Share Image
I think the twenty-first century happened, basically. That this century started on 9/11. And basically, it's been a century of counter reaction… — David Brooks Around the world Copy Share Image
“Deciding whom to love is an inherently emotional business.” — David Brooks Business Copy Share Image
Clearly, politics is a team sport. Trump is not so much of a team player. — David Brooks Player Copy Share Image
There will just always be a distance between you and the people around you. Now, [Hillary Clinton] can clearly emotionally connect with… — David Brooks Clinton Copy Share Image
I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles. — David Brooks American politics Copy Share Image
Republicans are living in a hermetically sealed Republican universe, just as Democrats are. And so they're responding to their own universe, even… — David Brooks Democracy 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 Character Copy Share Image
The idea that when you correct a fact, you erase that fact from people's memories is the reverse of the truth. When… — David Brooks Erase Copy Share Image
We are all fundamentally equal souls, and if you make a zillion dollars, you're not any better than anybody else spiritually. You're… — David Brooks Dollars Copy Share Image
If we're in some sort of Hobbesian state of nature, where you just want a strong man who has no compassion Donald… — David Brooks Compassion 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 Different Copy Share Image
The politics is broken up and down. And Trump may emerge from a reality TV world that is much more powerful than… — David Brooks Broken Copy Share Image
When you're running for president you have to take some risks and you've got to show people something fresh and you've got… — David Brooks Interesting Copy Share Image
If we got rid of everybody in Washington who sold access for donations, then the town would be empty. But it's unseemly. — David Brooks Access Copy Share Image
It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most. — David Brooks Losing 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 Ego Copy Share Image
The most interesting thing is that the White House staff and the people under Donald Trump, at least some portion of them,… — David Brooks Donald trump Copy Share Image
If you're cutting deals with one company or another, eventually, there's going to be a quid pro quo. There's going to be… — David Brooks Bribe Copy Share Image
One of the frustrations about the modern world is that we don't even have a good vocabulary to describe our state. The… — David Brooks Frustration Copy Share Image
Self-actualization is what educated existence is all about. For members of the educated class, life is one long graduate school. When they… — David Brooks Actualization Copy Share Image
Barack Obama won such a big electoral mandate because a lot of people thought he was - transcended partisan and ideological barriers… — David Brooks Able Copy Share Image
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