Jim Geraghty Quotes

There is a lot of noise and conflict in our political discourse, which is fun to cover, but I'm convinced from my travels that people also thirst for more details as well as insight and context.

I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.

I was brought up in a home where the Secretary of State was not the subject of partisan debate.

We gain by intelligent discussion of public questions carried on, … not from a standpoint of partisanship, but of good citizenship.

A democracy becomes ungovernable if a substantial portion of the population lives in an alternative reality…. How do you have a rational conversation about President Obama’s policies of he believes that Obama is a spy for Iran.

I believe in an informed electorate, and we need to teach our children to become informed enough to have opinions on world issues or, at least, to understand what the major issues are and who the players are.

My own students say they don't trust anyone who voted for Trump. How can you have a democracy with that?

One thing I got from my parents was that they talked about politics all the time. They weren't educated or academic but they were interesting about and interested in the world.

I like to think of myself as an active American in our politics, but I get lost sometimes watching everything.

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

In college, I was a fiercely committed Democrat - a meeting with Jack Kemp, then Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenged my blind partisanship.

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.

No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.

Palin, Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others have made an art form of convincing far too many Americans to suspend their disbelief, and they have severely damaged the ability of our country to have serious discussions about serious challenges.

I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.

What's gratifying about West Wing is that everybody told us that it couldn't be done - that the man or woman on the street didn't care about politics. But if you set things up correctly, people don't have a problem with it.

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

I'm not a political animal, I'm a curious animal.

In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well.

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.

I mean, look, we're living in a country where you can't have a non-denominational response. If you're slightly critical of either party, all of the partisans jump on you like you're a lunatic.

I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my father told me never do that again. And he was right. I have nothing to add to a political conversation because it's not my area.

I'm not clever enough or aware enough to make a political movie.