102 Quotes by H. W. Brands

When a president doesn't know the policy, it doesn't make for a very effective leader.

It's hard to say that Trump actually has a health care policy.

In the business arena, the standard rules of morality don't apply. What we're really looking for is efficiency. It doesn't do anyone any good to be nice to the weak. In a certain sense, competition is inefficient.

On style points alone, Donald Trump makes GWB look magnificently presidential.

Although this should not be so, historians reconsider presidencies based on how the presidents conduct themselves after leaving office.

President Obama ran a campaign in 2008 that was entirely expected from a non-incumbent. You promise, and you imply that if you elect me, everything good is going to happen.

If the incumbent or his party has been discredited sufficiently, the challenger can run a successful, content-free campaign.

Americans knock themselves out, especially since 9/11, praising the military.

If you put on the military uniform, you're a prima facie hero. Generals are the epitome of that. They're the ones who have been most successful at the soldier's trade.