Fred Barnes Quotes

The highest reach of a news-writer is an empty reasoning on policy, and vain conjectures on the public management.

Generally, Sunday talk shows talk about policy, and I don't address policy.

A Newsweek poll said if the election were held today, John Kerry would beat Bush 49 percent to 46 percent. And today, President Bush called Newsweek magazine a threat to world peace.

"Statesman" presumes I'm out there giving opinions all the time about things, and no, I'm not interested in opining on a lot of subjects.

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

My close proximity to many of the newsmakers can give me a different perspective about people in politics and what they might say than others who don't know them.

I'm pleased to offer analysis of public policy and politics to the millions of Americans who get their news from Fox.

Now that I'm a political pundit, I have the ability to influence people.

I'd like to get back into journalism. I'm hoping someone will offer me a job as a commentator or one of those political analysts that you see on the news shows all the time.

The last thing you want to do is read the latest poll and then make policy.

Politics, you will observe, is the science of guessing right.

Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties

I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.

I like what Lauren Duca and Alexandra Petri come up with when they're tweeting about politics.

I'm a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.

There are so many political talk shows out there that are doing such a good job that it would be foolish of me to try to get in the ring with them.

I try not to delve too deep into policy.

'The Weeds' is a timely podcast from the news and opinion website Vox. It leaves the coverage of the Punch and Judy politics to others and confines itself to the details of policy.

It seems like everybody's weighing in on Trumps campaign - even Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. He said that Trump is 'probably the best thing to happen to politics in a long, long time.' Then Trump was like, 'Well, at least one Cuban loves me.'

The Washington Post was interesting because it's such a politically minded newspaper.

The presidency of Barack Obama is a case study in stupid does.

I'm interested in politics, what's going on in the world, how people behave and how your life is often in the hands of other people.

A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.

Nobody looks at opinion polls with more attention than politicians, but of course you've got to remember that a single poll is a snapshot in time.

Surely all Americans have the right to give their money only to those causes which they support. But what kind of society has this created? A society where the ignorant reign. A society where enlightened must hold their tongues. A nation whose politicians must profess half-hearted devotion to an ancient fable or face the disastrous consequences of speaking their true mind.