To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.
David BrooksThere are no free and democratic and wealthy countries in the world that have US rate of gun violence. We have to worry about loners and alienated people. We have to do better on mental health.
David BrooksIf I had to fault President [Barack] Obama, I would say that sometimes governs like a visitor from a morally superior civilization.
David BrooksWe live in a culture of a big me. We're encouraged - we raise our kids to think how great they are, where we have to market ourselves to get through life. We're in social media, where we broadcast highlight - highlight reels of our own lives on Facebook.
David BrooksThe more attention Hillary Clinton gives to the country, the less people seem to like her.
David BrooksIf I were Donald Trump, I would definitely not pick Mitt Romney because it's very easy for Mitt Romney to have have a separate foreign policy operatus in the State Department that would run a dissenting foreign policy from the White House foreign policy. There, I think the populist America-first foreign policy of Donald Trump does run against a potential rival.
David Brooks