With the case of [Mike] Pence, giving a little aurora of likability to a candidate, a lead candidate who's a little lacking in that department.
David BrooksA wise soul once declared that the ultimate power of the writer is that he has the choice of whom he wants to be co-opted by.
David BrooksOur system is not only based on rules, but a series of self-restraints that we won't be as barbaric as we could be in competing for power because we know if we're all barbaric as we could be, the whole country and the whole society falls apart.
David Brooks