I’m a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.

— David Frum

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Republicans have been fleeced and exploited and lied to by a conservative entertainment complex.

— David Frum

People who want to wage cultural wars ought to keep in mind that cultural views often don’t move at all for a very long time, but when they move they can move very fast.

— David Frum

The Iraq fight itself is probably going to go very, very fast. The shooting should be over within just a very few days from when it starts.

— David Frum

People need to understand that in Washington, the process is the punishment.

— David Frum

My view on candidates on money is unless it’s proven that the donor stole the money, the campaign keeps the money.

— David Frum

There are a lot of wonderful people in America who shouldn’t be on the Supreme Court – and a lot who should be on the court who aren’t such wonderful people.

— David Frum

Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach?

— David Frum

I’m a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.

— David Frum

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.

— David Frum

Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents.

— David Frum

The thing that sustains a strong Fox network is the thing that undermines a strong Republican party.

— David Frum

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Speech writers are more vulnerable to vanity than any other group of people in Washington.

— David Frum

Whenever you discuss politics, it is always better to use individual names rather then the term neocon.

— David Frum

The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies.

— David Frum

The elite isn’t leading anymore. It’s trapped.

— David Frum

Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.

— David Frum

If right and left are competing to be the biggest victim, who is competing to be the government?

— David Frum

Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room – and inside the character’s heads.

— David Frum

Look, the media are trapped by changes in the technology and business of their industry.

— David Frum

Maybe it’s true that people with less extreme views who are also interested in public affairs have been driven out by a marketplace that doesn’t offer them anything of the tone they want to listen to.

— David Frum

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