David Brooks
David Brooks
Conservative political columnist for the New York Times. He also wrote for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times and provided political commentary for National Public Radio (NPR) and the PBS NewsHour.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 August 1961
CityToronto, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
player done
I expect [Donald] Trump to do what he's done very successfully, which is, whether you like him or not, he will be the dominant player .
country world ridiculous
The idea that a big country is going to go out and send troops into some country to take their resources, and then the rest of the world is going to somehow trust us is just a ridiculous notion.
country people president
It's important for presidents to emotionally connect, with the country in times of crisis, but also with people in Washington. If you can't emotionally connect - and [Barack] Obama is not the greatest, but he can at least do it - then people won't be with you when the times are hard.
house
Every White House I have covered since Reagan, when I got here, power has been more concentrated in the White House than the one before.
party winning different
The party cannot be competitive nationally unless it's competitive in California, Oregon, Washington, New England, Pennsylvania, along the coasts. And the problem for the party is, you can't get there from here. You can't start out where the current Republicans are and win back those places. To me, what you have to do is create a different Republican Party that can win in those places.
people trying democratic
We are a democratic, egalitarian people who spend our days desperately trying to climb over each other.
thinking clinton
I really think of [Donald] Trump erratic. I think that was the big message that came out. The positive agenda for Hillary [Clinton] was a little less vibrant.
people doubt favors
The more people doubt their own beliefs the more, paradoxically, they are inclined to proselytize in favor of them.
slavery structure
Freedom without structure is its own slavery.
rivers trash-talk aspersion
... trash talk ... Washington floats on a river of aspersion.
dream america personality
America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.
party past years
The public is not only shifting from left to right. Every single idea associated with the educated class has grown more unpopular over the past year. . . . A year ago, the Obama supporters were the passionate ones. Now the tea party brigades have all the intensity.
white house democracy
The core threat to democracy is not in the White House, it's the [Bush] haters themselves.
thinking self people
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, or tasks.