Warren Christopher Quotes

No one today in Washington doubts the superior firepower of the media over that of the executive branch.

Most of Washington punditry […] is private letters, written to other pundits, appearing in public space.

The media, the polls and our legislatures fortunately have short attention spans.

Everybody wants to do 'The View.' It's this iconic show. When I worked at the White House, I used to watch the beginning to see what they were talking about. If a political topic was on their radar, I used it as ammunition with the president or the White House staff.

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

States which used to communicate directly to their citizens now do so through the media, where their messages are reshaped by the logics of news values and commentary.

A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.

President Bush said that he wanted to change the tone in Washington. He has; it has gotten worse.

Here’s a little Washington clue. When they say, “With all due respect,” they’re about to insult you.

It’s always difficult for a President to explain his policies through the filter of the media and the crises of the day.

The media can make or break an administration.

What matters to the press matters perforce to politicians.

How can you govern if you always have to feed the news cycle?

Politics is television and whoever masters it is likely to win.

Our government has become too responsive to trivial or ephemeral concerns, often at the expense of more important concerns or an erosion of our liberty, and it has made policy priorities more dependent on where TV journalists happen to point their cameras....

The media coverers Rush Limbaugh as if he were the king of the Republican Party. The truth of the matter is that he can’t deliver a pizza let alone a vote.

You have the socialist parties ruling Denmark putting in conservative policies because the conservatives control the media and the public discourse.

We shouldn't get lost in the bombastic tweets of Trump. He provides such great fodder every day. You don't want to lose sight of the other stuff that's going on that's even more important.

I talk about things that are front page news.

The polls and the pundits and the media seem to talk to each other. It's sort of like an echo chamber.

It's hard not to be political.

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.

The media makes a big deal of small issues.

But because media is what media is today, any stupid, absurd remark made by Donald Trump becomes the story of the week. Maybe, just maybe, we might want to have a serious discussion about the serious issues facing America. Donald Trump will not look quite so interesting in that context.

The fact is five months ago this was an issue that people weren't really talking that much about. Because of the president's leadership, because he's brought it to people's attention, it's now a top issue.