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 BrooksCreativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.
David BrooksMost poverty and suffering - whether in a country, a family or a person - flows from disorganization. A stable social order is an artificial accomplishment, the result of an accumulation of habits, hectoring, moral stricture and physical coercion. Once order is dissolved, it takes hard measures to restore it
David Brooks