If we're in some sort of Hobbesian state of nature, where you just want a strong man who has no compassion Donald Trump is going to do a little better. So, we will figure out what game we're playing.
David BrooksI think Donald Trump is going to find it very hard to do the kind of massive change he wants.
David BrooksIn my view, success is earned externally by being better than other people. But character, that sort of unfakeable goodness, is earned by being better than you used to be. And it's about self-confrontation.
David BrooksDonald Trump didn't emerge from the orthodoxy of the Republican Party. And so there's going to be bigger differences than normal.
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