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David Frum Quotes

One of the things we’re all going to have to discover, establishment is just an abusive term for institutions. It’s institutions that keep us free Picture Quote #1

If right and left are competing to be the biggest victim, who is competing to be the government Picture Quote #1

To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate Picture Quote #1

What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance Picture Quote #1

America under 30 is a more non-whites place than America over 60. And we know that non-whites and whites vote differently Picture Quote #1

If you go on TV and say there’s no other country in the world where you can be born poor and become rich, you get a huge megaphone. If you tell the truth, which is that most of the studies show actually the United States is worse than anybody except Britain in upward mobility, there is no audience for you Picture Quote #1

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Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character’s heads Picture Quote #1

The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies Picture Quote #1

But the thought leaders on talk radio and Fox do more than shape opinion. Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported by think tanks that increasingly function as public-relations agencies, conservatives have built a whole alternative knowledge system, with its own facts, its own history, its own laws of economics Picture Quote #1

One might almost say, to adapt von Clausewitz, that modern warfare is PR by other means. And war-winning strategies mean that modern armies most stop treating their communications operations as secondary assignments or (as still too often happens) dumping grounds for officers who have failed at everything else - but as missions absolutely essential to success Picture Quote #1

Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy Picture Quote #1

So long as Donald Trump is powerful and popular, Fox News is going to achieve an advertising bonanza unheard of in the era of modern cable, because people will pay them to talk to the president Picture Quote #1

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I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words Picture Quote #1

I’m a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment Picture Quote #1

The Iraq fight itself is probably going to go very, very fast. The shooting should be over within just a very few days from when it starts Picture Quote #1

So if I have two pieces of cake, do I have twice as good an experience as the first piece of cake? One of the things I’ve found in life is that the first piece of cake is the best Picture Quote #1

To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate Picture Quote #1

Canada has a real civil service, which the United States doesn’t have, an independent civil service. Canada also has a stronger federal system Picture Quote #1

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My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached Picture Quote #1

Republicans have been fleeced and exploited and lied to by a conservative entertainment complex Picture Quote #1

Look, the media are trapped by changes in the technology and business of their industry Picture Quote #1

A presidential speech is always the work of many hands Picture Quote #1

Think tanks do have points of view, and they are absolutely entitled to defend them Picture Quote #1

The elite isn’t leading anymore. It’s trapped Picture Quote #1

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Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity Picture Quote #1

Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents Picture Quote #1

In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it Picture Quote #1

If we say something often enough, we come to believe it. We don’t usually delude others until after we have first deluded ourselves Picture Quote #1

Maybe it’s true that people with less extreme views who are also interested in public affairs have been driven out by a marketplace that doesn’t offer them anything of the tone they want to listen to Picture Quote #1

My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill Picture Quote #1

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One of the things we’re all going to have to discover, establishment is just an abusive term for institutions. It’s institutions that keep us free. (David Frum Quotes) If right and left are competing to be the biggest victim, who is competing to be the government (David Frum Quotes) To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate (David Frum Quotes) What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance (David Frum Quotes) America under 30 is a more non-whites place than America over 60. And we know that non-whites and whites vote differently (David Frum Quotes) If you go on TV and say there’s no other country in the world where you can be born poor and become rich, you get a huge megaphone. If you tell the truth, which is that most of the studies show actually the United States is worse than anybody except Britain in upward mobility, there is no audience for you (David Frum Quotes) Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character’s heads (David Frum Quotes) The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies (David Frum Quotes) But the thought leaders on talk radio and Fox do more than shape opinion. Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported by think tanks that increasingly function as public-relations agencies, conservatives have built a whole alternative knowledge system, with its own facts, its own history, its own laws of economics (David Frum Quotes) One might almost say, to adapt von Clausewitz, that modern warfare is PR by other means. And war-winning strategies mean that modern armies most stop treating their communications operations as secondary assignments or (as still too often happens) dumping grounds for officers who have failed at everything else - but as missions absolutely essential to success (David Frum Quotes) Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy (David Frum Quotes) So long as Donald Trump is powerful and popular, Fox News is going to achieve an advertising bonanza unheard of in the era of modern cable, because people will pay them to talk to the president. (David Frum Quotes) I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words. (David Frum Quotes) I’m a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment. (David Frum Quotes) The Iraq fight itself is probably going to go very, very fast. The shooting should be over within just a very few days from when it starts. (David Frum Quotes) So if I have two pieces of cake, do I have twice as good an experience as the first piece of cake? One of the things I’ve found in life is that the first piece of cake is the best. (David Frum Quotes) To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate. (David Frum Quotes) Canada has a real civil service, which the United States doesn’t have, an independent civil service. Canada also has a stronger federal system. (David Frum Quotes) My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached (David Frum Quotes) Republicans have been fleeced and exploited and lied to by a conservative entertainment complex (David Frum Quotes) Look, the media are trapped by changes in the technology and business of their industry (David Frum Quotes) A presidential speech is always the work of many hands (David Frum Quotes) Think tanks do have points of view, and they are absolutely entitled to defend them (David Frum Quotes) The elite isn’t leading anymore. It’s trapped (David Frum Quotes) Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity (David Frum Quotes) Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents (David Frum Quotes) In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it (David Frum Quotes) If we say something often enough, we come to believe it. We don’t usually delude others until after we have first deluded ourselves (David Frum Quotes) Maybe it’s true that people with less extreme views who are also interested in public affairs have been driven out by a marketplace that doesn’t offer them anything of the tone they want to listen to (David Frum Quotes) My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill (David Frum Quotes)

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