David Frum

Public Servant

United States

1960 - Present

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America under 30 is a more non-whites place than America over 60. And we know that non-whites and whites vote differently.
David Frum
To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate.
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What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance.
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The five million people who watch cable news are the political nation, the people who really care.
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Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents.
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My view on candidates on money is unless it's proven that the donor stole the money, the campaign keeps the money.
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Speech writers are more vulnerable to vanity than any other group of people in Washington.
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So if I have two pieces of cake, do I have twice as good an experience as the first piece of cake? One of the things I've found in life is that the first piece of cake is the best.
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A generation ago, or two, when there were three channels, plus PBS, and when you needed - when you needed 15 million people to make a living, the media could focus on the broad country. And most people had no choice about getting political information. It was there at 6:30 whether you wanted it or not.
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Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.
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