Franklin Foer Quotes

The enemy is not me. The enemy is Barack Obama.

For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

Don’t worry Congressman. President Clinton can’t stand you either.

We’ve got the liberal bastards on the run, and we’re going to keep them on the run.

It's always great to have an enemy in politics; there's no question about that.

Mitch McConnell, I'm going to light him up.

I won't let the grudge Netanyahu and those who surround him have against me hurt the country.

Tiger Woods has known Donald Trump... for many years, well before he became the president. He knows the true Donald Trump, not the one that the mainstream media tries to post up all the time.

Politics is always a difficult thing to talk about because, like football, the views are radical. You think this way; that guy thinks the opposite way. It is, like, nearly a fight, and feelings are very strong.

Even in this room full of proud Manhattan Democrats. I can't shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me ... I'm delighted to see you here tonight, Hillary.

I dislike Ted Cruz as much as the next everyone. But that's no reason to be rude to Ted's loving wife and possible hostage.

In a radio interview [Ted] Cruz compared [Donald]Trump's behavior to schoolyard children throwing taunts at each other, vowing not to take part.

I guarantee you [Hillary Clinton] is smoking in humiliation over the idea that she needs to heal and that [Donald] Trump's the guy to do it. That was great.

I look forward to working with President Trump. I've worked with him many times in the past, but we disagree.

It's a heavy feeling being in Washington. There are so many important issues at risk. You're in a fighting stance every day.

Politics in Washington is a contact sport. But it shouldn't be a personal animosity sport.

There are smart people on our side of the aisle who have known as early as I did who Obama was and should have been saying 'I hope this guy fails' right along with me. There should have been opposition to this guy all along.

If somebody did a new show that, within a family, had conflicting political views, that would be great.

The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime.

I'm absolutely fine with the rough and tumble of politics.

Political rivalry is one thing but personal smear campaigns scrape the barrel of political infighting.

You talk through what exactly happened to Howard Dean on the campaign trail, what Bill Clinton must have lived through, what the daily grind of doing what these people have to do. And they can never lose their temper, they can never be tired, and they can never slip up, or it's on-camera, and it's everywhere - and it's over.

Even though I don't agree with Donald Trump on everything, and I think there may be certain things or statements of his that I may disagree with, he is a better candidate by far than Hillary Clinton.

If you're going to talk about politics, then there are going to be folks who are with you and folks that are against you.

The American people elected somebody who's tough, who is smart, and who is a fighter. It's Donald Trump. And I don't think it's a surprise to anybody that he fights fire with fire.