People want a reality that tells them they're right all of the time. David Brooks More Quotes by David Brooks More Quotes From David Brooks I think the Democrats are right to protest, but I don't think Jeff Sessions is so far out of the range of normalcy that he shouldn't be confirmed. David Brooks normalcyrangethinking I don't blame the Democrats for fighting. They have got a very energized base. And there is a lot to complain about a lot of these nominees. But I think, if you are actually going to turn someone down from a president's [Donald Trump] own Cabinet, it better be a lot more egregious than the cases we have seen. David Brooks fightingpresidentthinking Donald Trump's world view is that it's a dangerous, miserable place, people are out to get him, and he needs to strike them first. David Brooks viewspeoplefirsts On the [Betsy] DeVos case, I agree that the gun - her gun position is kind of weird, kind of crazy, but I do think she does know about public schools. David Brooks crazygunschool The reason the Betsy DeVos case was the centerpiece case for the Democrats wasn't about her weakness as a knowledgeable person on education policy. David Brooks knowledgeable-personweaknessreason [Betsy DeVos] does care about charter schools, which are public schools. She does care about choice, which is a perfectly legitimate thing to care about. It's because it's the one issue where the Democratic donor base was really energized, which was the teacher unions. David Brooks issuesteacherschool Would [Betsy DeVos] be my first pick? No. Is she someone who has dedicated her life to education policy? Yes, actually, she has. David Brooks dedicatedpolicyfirsts I think as we interpret him and frankly as the world learns to interpret Donald Trump, are these just words that are enigmatic things floating on air or are they actually shifts in policy and will they change moment by moment, day by day without any underlying connection to the actual stuff of governance? I don't know. David Brooks connectionsairthinking Even in this nuclear thing, [ Donald Trump] says we should be stronger and expand. What does that mean? So, what is concrete in what he's saying? David Brooks strongerdoemean With a normal president like President [Barack] Obama, he says a word, and that's because there has been some thought that he's done and there had been policy papers and there's been aides and there's been advisers and then there is a connection to an actual set of policies. And so, the words like have roots into actual stuff. David Brooks normalpresidentroots Donald Trump's ego is like a comet the size of Jupiter just traveling through the solar system, and we all have to be affected by its gravitational pull. David Brooks jupitersizeego Woe to you who insults the intelligence community, if you're president. David Brooks woecommunitypresident When a president speaks that usually means a lot. David Brooks speakpresidentmean I have come to think we have to treat Donald Trump's tweets like Snapchat. It's just something that is going to go away. And it flies out of some region of his brain and it goes out into the ether. And usually it's on the realm of media. David Brooks mediabrainthinking The policies of the Democratic Party have always been in cultural consonance with the culture of the working class. And, somehow, they missed that. David Brooks partyclassculture When you're in governance, you understand the limitations and the complexities of governance. David Brooks governancelimitationcomplexity You have to have a plan, or else you're just creating a recipe for chaos. David Brooks chaoscreatingrecipes Donald Trump just needs the ego fed all the time. David Brooks trumpegoneeds The Republicans in Congress, they believe in Ronald Reagan's Republican Party, not Donald Trump Republican Party or Steve Bannon's Republican Party. David Brooks republicanpartybelieve Donald Trump is this whirling dervish of chaos. He picked a fight with Mexico. Germany is not far behind. He will pick a fight with them. He will pick a fight with China, which would be truly cataclysmic. David Brooks germanyfightingwould-be
