We don't have the choice to control our emotions, but we do have the power to educate our emotions. And we do that through literature and through art and music to give ourselves a repertoire of emotional experiences.
David BrooksDonald Trump tried to set up this debate where it was going to be globalists vs. nationalists, and the Republicans were going to be the nationalists. But, if anything, the Democrats looked more patriotic and more nationalist at the end of these two.
David BrooksI think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy.
David BrooksI 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 Brooks