When you're in governance, you understand the limitations and the complexities of governance.
David BrooksTrade has suddenly become massively unpopular. I think that's massively unjust. I think free trade has been wonderful for America on balance.
David BrooksWho could have predicted this, that the presidency is kind of a hard job? Nobody knew that. I also like the fact that Trump is a detail-oriented person. I find his interviews amazing. He's actually kind of remarkably candid.
David BrooksSometime over the past generation we became less likely to object to something because it is immoral and more likely to object to something because it is unhealthy or unsafe. So smoking is now a worse evil than six of the Ten Commandments, and the word sinful is most commonly associated with chocolate.
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