David S. Broder famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
-- David S. Broder

#Trust #Two #Years
Along with the GI Bill, which educated and housed Eisenhower's fellow veterans, the Interstate System has proved to be by far the most important economic-development strategy of the federal government.
-- David S. Broder

#Government #Important #Development
For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through taxes.
-- David S. Broder

#War #Pay #Firsts
In a democracy, a man who does not listen cannot lead.
-- David S. Broder

#Men #Empathy #Understanding
[Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the resolution approving the start of ground operations against Saddam Hussein in 1991 - just what you would expect from Ted Kennedy's partner and Michael Dukakis's running mate.
-- David S. Broder

#Running #Gun #Men
The urgent necessity is to make a decision - whether or not it is right.
-- David S. Broder

#Decision #Urgent
Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids.
-- David S. Broder

#Kids #Thinking #Priorities

All advertising, whether it lies in the field of business or of politics, will carry success by continuity and regular uniformity of application.
National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
A promise must never be broken.
Trust me not at all, or all in all.
It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time, they were the two most unpleasant cultures in the entire world, and richly deserved each other. Still, the story of how stout Cortes blustered, bullied and bludgeoned his way to collapsing an entire empire with a handful of contagious hoodlums is astonishing.
There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is simply to try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of divine grace.
Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again.
It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less.

David S. Broder famous quotes

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