I happen to think most people go into government do it for the right reasons and they really do things as they see them on the merits of the issues.
David BrooksWe live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.
David BrooksSometime over the past generation we became less likely to object to something because it is immoral and more likely to object to something because it is unhealthy or unsafe. So smoking is now a worse evil than six of the Ten Commandments, and the word sinful is most commonly associated with chocolate.
David BrooksIt is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most.
David Brooks