"Events don't happen because I write a speech.……" — David Frum
"Events don't happen because I write a speech. I am allowed to write a speech because events are going to happen."
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57 Quotes by David Frum
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If we say something often enough, we come to believe it. We don't usually delude others until after we have…
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My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer…
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But the thought leaders on talk radio and Fox do more than shape opinion. Backed by their own wing of…
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Those who seem to despise half of America will never be trusted to govern any of it. Those who cherish…
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A generation ago, or two, when there were three channels, plus PBS, and when you needed - when you needed…
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You've worked hard all your life. You've paid Medicare taxes for almost 30 years. But under the Republican plan, Medicare…
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A presidential speech is always the work of many hands.
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America under 30 is a more non-whites place than America over 60. And we know that non-whites and whites vote…
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A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their…
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As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer.
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In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it.
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I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the…
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