81 Quotes by Joe Klein

Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.'

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.

Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased.

You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show.

For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should not be rewarded. But often it isn't, and common decency requires that we take care of the least of these.

You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses.

You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.

What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.