Quotes by Richard Cohen

What's the justification for a semiautomatic weapon with a magazine of 30 rounds?

The NRA has led the way in the mainstreaming of a demented gun ideology.

If you told me back in my Army days that I could have bought the same weapon that I had been using in training, I would not have believed it.

In order to take a nation to war, you have to believe mightily in the threat you are facing and the virtue of your cause.

As we see with Sunni and Shiite Muslims, interreligious fights are the most ugly.

When I was a kid, I went door to door in my neighborhood asking for donations to the Jewish National Fund, best known then for its Israel forestation program. At the age of 11 or so, I imagined myself a regular Johnny Appleseed, responsible for vast forests.

George W. Bush, a charming and utterly gracious man, was a catastrophic twofer. He took the United States to war in Iraq, a wrenching debacle: more than 4,000 Americans dead, nearly 32,000 wounded, and the Middle East destabilized with Iranian influence enhanced.

Fox News has been a force in converting the party of Lincoln into the party of Trump. The network's allegiance to Trump approaches mindless adoration.

It has become increasingly difficult for states or the federal government to apply the death penalty. But why even try? Nothing is accomplished, and while the chances of making a mistake are now diminished - DNA can prove guilt as well as innocence - life in prison is a worthy substitute.

There was a time when an ordinary American could close the door and keep the world at bay. Now the world comes elbowing in every time you go online.