Ronald Reagan (February 06, 1911 - June 05, 2004) Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Nayib Bukele On Migration
Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador (July 24, 1981 -) It is our fault... I think migration is a right, but it should be an option, not an obligation. And right now it's an obligation for a lot of people… Why? Because they don't have a job, because they are being threatened by gangs, because …
Charles M Blow On Is Trump a Rapist?
Charles McRay Blow (August 11, 1970 -) This president (Donald Trump) acts as if he is above the law, or is the law. He lies and he cheats and he bullies. He is hateful and rude and racist. He talks about women to whom he is attracted as if they’re objects to be possessed and …
Lyndon B Johnson On Voting, Racism And Fear
Lyndon B Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) I think that the so-called 'white backlash' is destructive, not only of the interests of Negro Americans, but of all those who stand to gain from humane and farsighted government. And those that stand to gain from humane and farsighted government is everybody. Nevertheless, there …
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David Brooks On Trump
David Brooks (August 11, 1962 -) This is less a party than a personality cult. Law and order is a strange theme for a candidate who radiates conflict and disorder. Some rich children are careless that way; they break things and other people have to clean up the mess.
Thomas L. Friedman On Trump And Nationalism
Thomas Loren Friedman (July 20, 1953 -) More than any time in my career, I think our country is in danger. It has a disturbed man as president, whose job description — to be a healer of the country in times of great national hurt and to pull us together to do big hard things that …
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Michael Chertoff On Divisions
Michael Chertoff (November 26, 1953 -) We have got to take a serious look at why we have reached a point that we have this level of social fracture.
