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# Norman Ornstein

(1948)   Political Scientist

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Norman Ornstein is a political scientist, best known for *Broken Branch*.

## Quick Facts About Norman Ornstein

Born October 14, 1948

Profession Political Scientist

Notable works Broken Branch

## About Norman Ornstein

Norman Jay Ornstein is an American political scientist and an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington, D.C., conservative think tank. He is the co-author, with Thomas E. Mann, of It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism.

##  Quotes by Norman Ornstein

> [Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ornstein/conservatives-want-smaller-government-they-want-to-focus-on-market/)

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> [Government is inevitably going to play a very significant role in infrastructure, and in a country with a federal system where vibrancy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ornstein/government-is-inevitably-going-to-play-a-very-significant-role-in/)

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> [Radicals don't care about the institutions. They are looking for an ideological crusade. Traditions don't matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ornstein/radicals-don-t-care-about-the-institutions-they-are-looking-for-an/)

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> [The best way to get your audience larger and more consistent is to be more divisive and more radical and criticize those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-ornstein/the-best-way-to-get-your-audience-larger-and-more-consistent-is-to-be/)

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