List of Joe Klein Quotes

I Can't Believe That Hillary Clinton Wants The World To Think That Whenever She Gets Into Political Trouble, She's Going To Have Her Husband Come Roaring About, Breaking Furniture, Sucking Up Oxygen, Spewing Carbon Dioxide. My Impression Is That She's Strong Enough To Defend Herself - She Certainly Showed That In The Recent Democratic Debate. But Apparently She's Not Strong Enough To Control Mr. Bill. And If That's The Case, Any Sane Voter Would Have To Think Twice Before Enabling This Sort Of Circus Act In The White House.

What Do You Do In A Novel? You Take Recognizable Characters From Your Own Life, And You Fantasize About What They're Really Like.

Political Courage Requires Clarity. The Obama Administration Chose The Tortured Route Of Arguing The Legality Of The Individual Mandate Via The Interstate Commerce Clause For One Simple Reason: It Did Not Want To Take The Political Risk Of Allowing Opponents To Call It A Tax Increase. That Was Stupid. The Republicans Were Calling It A Tax Increase Anyway.

I Think That If You Make A Strong Statement Of Principle, Even If The Folks Disagree With You, People Will Respect You For It.

You Can't Get All Of Your News From Jon Stewart, Especially Since It's A Comedy Show.

Ever Since John Kennedy, Democrats Have Had A Weakness For Dashing Younger Men Like Bill Clinton And Barack Obama And, I Suppose, Jimmy Carter. They Balance Their Tickets With Senior Statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (al Gore Was Young But Played Ancient).

Bush The Elder's Stature As President Grows With Every Passing Year. He Was The Finest Foreign Policy President I've Ever Covered And A Man Who Defied His Party On Tax Increases While Imposing Budget Restrictions On The Democrats.

Back In George W. Bush's Second Term, When Diplomatic Realism Began To Overtake Foolish Bellicosity, The President Developed One Of His Patented Nicknames For The Two Most Powerful Neoconservative Journalists, William Kristol And Charles Krauthammer: He Called Them 'the Bomber Boys.'

I'm In Favour Of Politicians Having Extra-marital Relationships. Oh Yeah. It Makes Them More Understanding Of The Flaws That The Rest Of Us Have.

You Know, Larger Than Life Is Always Better Than Smaller Than Life In Politicians. And, You Know, God Save Us From Mediocrities.

We Should Never Go To War Unless We Have Been Attacked Or Are Under Direct, Immediate Threat Of Attack. Never. And Never Again.

Americans Who Feel The Most Ignored These Days Are Not The Screamers. They Are The Solid Citizens Who Are Sick To Death Of Pols Who Play To The Rant.