222 Quotes by Cass Sunstein

For the Sanders supporters, there’s a thought that the people who are well off are doing really great, and the system is systematically unfair, and that’s a very deeply felt and serious objection to the current situation.

My own view is that institutions are a glory, and for all their imperfections, something really to be proud of. It is true that things can be a lot better than they are. It’s okay to emphasize that.

Liberals are sometimes defined as people who can’t take their own side in an argument.

The ‘cash for clunkers’ program was a big success in part because it gave people the sense that the economy was moving.

I wouldn’t call Trump supporters or Sanders supporters fanatical. One thing, I would say they’re very discouraged with where things are. I don’t think in either case they’re fanatical.

If you take anything that succeeded, just imagine it succeeding 10 years before or 10 years after, you could almost always make, with the same plausibility, the “it fit the times” argument.

Donald Trump may not speak explicitly of 'who we are,' but with his promise to make America great again, he engages in his own kind of identity politics, signaling that the nation has lost its sense of self. That gets to people.

When government programs fail, it is often because public officials are clueless about how human beings think and act.

Masterful politicians and effective agents of change tend to succeed by singling out and making salient some aspect of a nation's self-understanding, sparking a sense of recognition - and ultimately moving voters in their favor. Obama made it into an art form.