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David J. Frum (/ˈfrʌm/; born June 30, 1960) is a Canadian-American political commentator. A speechwriter for President George W. Bush, Frum later became the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency. He is a senior editor at The Atlantic as well as an MSNBC contributor. He serves on the board of directors of the Republican Jewish Coalition, the British think tank Policy Exchange, the anti-drug policy group Smart Approaches to Marijuana, and as vice chairman and an associate fellow of the R Street Institute.

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The system has evolved to protect parties from people like Donald Trump. It really is true that people without well-established public records, without proven capability in public service, without tested beliefs and at least apparently under the influence of a foreign power, such people are screened out by major parties.

Belief, Party, People, True, Under

While there is an attempt by the Trump people to say that California isn't really America. California certainly seems like America to me.

America, Attempt, California, People

A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives.

Choices, Control, Events, People, Possible

So long as Donald Trump is powerful and popular, Fox News is going to achieve an advertising bonanza unheard of in the era of modern cable, because people will pay them to talk to the president.

Long, People, Powerful, Trump

If we say something often enough, we come to believe it. We don't usually delude others until after we have first deluded ourselves.

Believe, Come, Deluded, Enough, Honesty, Integrity

More Irishmen died fighting for Britain in World War I than died fighting against her in all of Ireland's bids for independence combined.

Bids, Fighting, History, Independence, War

I don't think that disasters have to be spectacular. They can be a slow corrosion.

Disaster, Disasters, Slow, Spectacular, Thinking

I have a range of scenarios. One of them is a chaos, that what could happen is Congress does step up a little bit and the administration is paralyzed. And we go through all kinds of constitutional crises, impeachment or the 25th Amendment removal process. Another frightening scenario is Donald Trump is steering his way to a series of international confrontations at the same time as he's appeasing Russia.

Amendment, International, Littles, Russia, Step, Way

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

Election, Opponents, Political

We all have more at stake in the rules of the game than we do in the outcomes of the game. When that changes, that's when you begin to lose democracy.

Democracy, Games, Lose, Outcomes, Rules

[In politics,] when there is no reason to speak, there is a reason not to speak.

No Reason, Politics, Reason, Speak

I do think Hillary Clinton, I mean the Clintons, I`ve got a lot of critiques of the Clinton foundation. I do think they bend the law. But Hillary Clinton accepts the concept of legality, she accepts that courts are supreme, laws must be complied with and the power of the state is not to be used for persona revenge or personal enrichment. And that`s something - not something I trust Donald Trump to do.

Law, Laws, Mean, Revenge, Thinking, Trust

I am a very conservative person. And there are a lot of things that Donald Trump's government or administration is doing that I might agree with. The point is we have to defend the rules of the game. And one of the things that has empowered Donald Trump is that not enough people are serious enough about defending the rules of the game, maybe because they don't understand how endangered those rules are.

Administration, Conservative, Defending, Government, People, Serious

One can shape history as much through the facts one omits as through the facts one includes.

Facts, History, Omits, Shape, Shapes

Civil unrest, civil turmoil is not a challenge to President Trump. It's a resource for him. He needs to create an image of a polarized country in which the people who are against him are somehow alien or anti-system.

Alien, Challenges, Country, People, Unrest

The system we have is one that protects my rights under a president I don`t approve. That tomorrow we`ll do the same for you. And what people have in common is their commitment to those shared rules. And if you have someone who was a challenger to the shared rules, that`s unacceptable. And we`ve never seen that before. Not in a long, long time but we see it now.

Commitment, Long, People, Rules, Same, Time

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

Entertainment, Conservative, Republican, Exploited, Fleeced

My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill.

Cancer, Figures, Journalist, Mom, Pioneering, Viewers

One might almost say, to adapt von Clausewitz, that modern warfare is PR by other means. And war-winning strategies mean that modern armies most stop treating their communications operations as secondary assignments or (as still too often happens) dumping grounds for officers who have failed at everything else - but as missions absolutely essential to success.

Communication, Operations, Peace, Stop, Von, War

Donald Trump doesn't believe in much, doesn't want to do much.

Believe, Donald, Trump, Want

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