David Frum

The elite isn't leading anymore. It's trapped. ”

We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress. ”

Maybe it's true that people with less extreme views who are also interested in public affairs have been driven out by a marketplace that doesn't offer them anything of the tone they want to listen to. ”

Look, the media are trapped by changes in the technology and business of their industry. ”

The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies. ”

People need to understand that in Washington, the process is the punishment. ”

There is no right to work in a think tank, and these are very privileged positions. ”

A presidential speech is always the work of many hands. ”

Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox. ”

The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens. ”