Previous presidents, including great ones like Roosevelt, have used the IRS against their enemies. But I don’t think Barack Obama ever wanted to be on the same page as Richard Nixon. Joe Klein Read Quote
You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses. Joe Klein Read Quote
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. Joe Klein Read Quote
What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they’re really like. Joe Klein Read Quote
This dilettante notion that the global economy is evil because big corporate leaders make too much money… they do make too much money, but the only way we’ve figured out how to generate wealth in this world is through the market economy. Joe Klein Read Quote
I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it. Joe Klein Read Quote
You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities. Joe Klein Read Quote
There’s a basic law, Klein’s second, or third, or fourth law of politics in the TV age, which is warm always beats cold, with the exception of Richard Nixon. The nicer guy usually wins. Joe Klein Read Quote
We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn’t be analyzing. Joe Klein Read Quote
