I grew up in Mexico City at a time when the country was a repressive one-party dictatorship almost wholly dependent on oil revenues. Bret Stephens Read Quote
Anyone who has been the victim of the social-media furies knows just how distorting and dishonest those furies can be. Bret Stephens Read Quote
Ignore Trump’s tweets. Yes, it’s unrealistic. But we would all be better off if the media reported them more rarely, reacted to them less strongly, and treated them with less alarm and more bemusement. Bret Stephens Read Quote
People want leaders. Not ideologues. Not people whose life experiences have been so narrow that they’ve been able to maintain the purity of their youthful ideals. Not people whose principal contact with political life comes in the form of speeches and sound bites rather than decisions and responsibilities. Bret Stephens Read Quote
No adviser to a president is going to get his way all of the time, but at a minimum, that adviser should be able to defend the tilt of an administration’s policy as if it were his own. If not, he should make room for those who can. Bret Stephens Read Quote
Democrats should have learned in 2016 that what counts in American politics is location, not turnout. Bret Stephens Read Quote
Generosity is a virtue, but unlimited generosity is a fast route to bankruptcy. Bret Stephens Read Quote
Humanitarianism is commendable, but not when you’re demanding that others share the burdens and expense. Bret Stephens Read Quote
Down with politics and the art of the possible; up with pronouncements and the allure of the prophetic: It’s the way of demagogues everywhere. Bret Stephens Read Quote
I think there’s always merit in getting out of our ideological silos and being exposed to points of view with which we don’t always agree. Bret Stephens Read Quote
