“The trouble is that privacy is at once essential to, and in tension with, both freedom and security. A cabinet minister who keeps his mistress in satin sheets at the French taxpayer's expense cannot justly object when the press exposes his misuse of public funds. Our freedom to scrutinise the conduct of public figures trumps that minister's claim to privacy. The question is: where and how do we draw the line between a genuine public interest and that which is merely what interests the public?” InterestLinesTroubleSecurityFiguresObjectsTrumpEssentialsDrawsClaimsPressesGenuineMinistersTensionPrivacyFundExpensesSheetsMistressTaxpayersCabinetsMisusePublic InterestPublic FiguresSatin Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“One of the reasons I think that Donald Trump has been a popular figure, he's very available to the media. But he also has a reputation for and has a history of attacking people when he thinks they're not sufficiently deferential to him. I think that's clear.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensReasonClearMediaFiguresTrumpAvailableReputationAttacking Author:Michel Martin
“It's [Ted] Cruz and [Donald] Trump until the establishment or unless the establishment figures rally around one person. I still think the best person for them to rally around is Chris Christie. Chris Christie would be the most interesting.” ThinkingPersonsStillsWould BeInterestingFiguresTrumpEstablishmentMost InterestingCruzBest PersonChristie Author:Laura Ingraham
“Chris Christie was going to save the party from a figure like [Donald] Trump. He was going to save the party. That didn`t happen. And now, he`s with Trump.” HappensPartyFiguresTrumpChristie Author:Joan Walsh Anglund
“The reality is [Donald] Trump is just better at this game than they are. Blaming the media may be a convenient foil, but the reality is, he`s played the free media game better than they have. He has used the personal attack meme against them and literally created memes about them. They need to figure out how to play this game.” NeedsMayPlayRealityUsedGamesMediaFiguresTrumpBlameConvenientMemesFoilsPersonal Attacks Author:Chris Hayes
“There's symbolism in politics. There's communication in politics. And I think what Donald Trump is saying is, give me the job, and when I get to that job I will figure it out.” ThinkingGivingJobsFiguresCommunicationTrumpGive MeSymbolism Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“This not a criticism of [Mitt] Romney; please don't anybody call him up and say I'm ripping him. I'm not. I'm simply telling you that the connection [Donald] Trump has with his supporters, slash, audience, is unique. Not everybody politician has it, and certainly not every public figure has such a connection with their audience.” AudienceFiguresTrumpPoliticianPleaseUniqueCriticismConnectionsSupporterRomneyPublic Figures Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump is a good businessman. He knows how to put the deal together. And I think he'd be a - he'll be a very constructive figure in the White House.” ThinkingKnowsTogetherHouseWhiteDealsKnow HowFiguresTrumpWhite HouseBusinessmanConstructiveGood Business Author:Rick Santorum
“I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to be the Republican major figure in four, six or even within two years.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsTwoFourFiguresTrumpRepublicanSixMajorsTwo YearsConventionsCruz Author:David Brooks
“If we're in some sort of Hobbesian state of nature, where you just want a strong man who has no compassion Donald Trump is going to do a little better. So, we will figure out what game we're playing.” IfsMenWantLittlesStatesGamesStrongCompassionFiguresTrumpStrong ManNo Compassion Author:David Brooks
“I think it's basically the same game, although with a public figure like [Donald] Trump I think you are bound to consider the public persona rather than the private one. At least that was the case with that piece of writing.” ThinkingWritingGamesCasesPiecesFiguresTrumpBoundsPersonaPublic Figures Author:George Saunders
“You have two parties that are funded by deep corporate interests, largely overlapping, that you begin to see a convergence. You have the Republican intelligentsia and the Republican spokespeople, and 50 GOP security figures who have all come into Hillary's [Clinton] camp. Not to mention Mitt Romney, who has defected from [Donald] Trump, although it's not clear where his vote is going to be. But everyone from John Negroponte to Meg Whitman have all declared allegiance to Hillary. And Hillary has likewise, very formally opened the door to encouraging Republicans to come in.” TwoInterestPartyClearDoorsSecurityFiguresTrumpRepublicanVoteClintonCorporateCampsRomneyAllegianceGopConvergenceMegOverlappingSpokespeople Author:Jill Stein
“While Donald Trump was busy with his accountants trying to figure out how to keep living like a billionaire, and all the while he was using his political connections to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in government subsidies and extra tax breaks for his companies. In other words, Trump was taking from America with both hands, and leaving the rest of us with the bill.” TryingHandsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalCompanyBreakMillionsFiguresTrumpTaxesConnectionsBillsDollarsLeavingBusyExtrasBillionaireAccountantsSubsidiesTax Breaks Author:Hillary Clinton
“Now, do I think the tax code should be simplified? Absolutely. Will Donald Trump do away with things like this? He probably is better positioned than anyone to figure out how to do away with it, because he understands the tax code better than anyone else.” ThinkingShouldFiguresTrumpTaxesCode Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Donald Trump doesn't have a plan. He said, I have a secret plan, and then he said, um, I know more than all the generals about ISIS. And then he said, I'm going to call the generals to help me figure out a plan. And finally he said, I'm going to fire all the generals. He doesn't have a plan. But he does have dangerous ideas.” KnowsDoeSaidIdeasHelpingSecretFirePlansDangerousFiguresTrumpHelp MeIsisDangerous Ideas Author:Tim Kaine
“The Big Trump is a historic figure. The Big Trump beat 16 other people for the nomination. The Big Trump is creating issues that make the establishment very uncomfortable. The Little Trump frankly gets out - is stupid. I mean, that comment just then is dumb. And I don't defend him when he wanders off; I've told him over and over.” PeopleMeanLittlesBigsIssuesStupidFiguresTrumpCreatingBeatsWanderDumbUncomfortableCommentEstablishmentHistoricNominations Author:Newt Gingrich
“I want to say, however, one thing our media in America has done which didn't happen in other totalitarian states is it has very effectively stood up to Donald Trump who has obvious fascist tendencies and his - who's a temptation like all authoritarian figures to try to crush the media or make it obey him. As that - the media has, in fact, stood up to him and has refused to bow out or cower.” WantTryingStatesDoneFactsHappensAmericaOne ThingMediaFiguresTrumpObviousTendenciesTemptationCrushBowsFascistsStood UpTotalitarian State Author:Tim Wu
“[Donald Trump] is trying to stop immigration into the country from countries where there are major terrorist issues until we can figure out what is going on, but this seems like something else.” TryingCountrySeemsIssuesFiguresTrumpMajorsTerroristImmigrationLike Something Author:Megyn Kelly
“One of the reasons that people are so fascinated by Jared Kushner is that he has had no role at all in anything close to politics up to this point I mean much like his father-in-law, and he's just such an unknown figure. I mean at least we knew Donald Trump as a reality television star and as a very bombastic figure. But Jared is so quiet, and he's so uninterested in courting press attention.” PeopleMeanReasonRealityLawFatherStarsAttentionRolesFiguresTelevisionTrumpQuietPressesFascinatedIn-lawsReality TelevisionUninterestedBombasticFather In Law Author:Sarah Ellison
“[Donald] Trump was gonna investigate the whole kebang up there and figure out what had gone wrong and get rid of all the deadweight at every agency - EPA, DOJ, what have you.” WholeGoneFiguresTrumpAgencyEpa Author:Rush Limbaugh