Ari Melber Quotes

Ari Melber

Profession : Journalist

Birth : March 31, 1980

A healthy corporation acts on the interests of its stakeholders and customers.

Ari Melber

'House of Cards' is full of hypocrites, some ashamed, many proud. There is no silver lining here, no appeal to a just system that is temporarily thwarted by corrupting forces.

Ari Melber

Barack Obama was first elected after a period of profound failure by elite and government institutions, from finance to foreign policy to Hurricane Katrina, and his first term immediately and unapologetically enacted a flurry of government solutions.

Ari Melber

I would love to get Chief Justice John Roberts for an interview. I think that would be fascinating, I think that Supreme Court nominees should do more interviews.

Ari Melber

My favorite rappers are a lot of other people's favorite rappers. I love Jay Z, Kanye, 2Pac, Biggie, old Mos Def.

Ari Melber

Obama's openness is a welcome change from his predecessor, who went all the way to the Supreme Court to hide the RSVP list for a single policy meeting. And transparency is intrinsically good, since in a democracy, very little government activity is legitimately secret.

Ari Melber

Tea Party adherents are actually more religion-driven and more anti-abortion than the party they are supposedly upending.

Ari Melber

The press is always more comfortable with factual determinations than moral ones, although in day-to-day life, a lot of people care a heck of a lot more about morality than every precise actual fact.

Ari Melber

It always rankled me - in law school and the legal profession - when lawyers would speak to each other in their own exclusive language.

Ari Melber

It's never a good sign when extremism becomes the norm.

Ari Melber

A louder government with less journalism does not enrich our democratic process.

Ari Melber

Hypocrites are more enraging than extremists, as every campaign operative knows.

Ari Melber

Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.

Ari Melber

Political operatives don't tend to be existentialists. They do know, however, that if a supporter doesn't vote, then his or her opinion does not make a sound - or a difference.

Ari Melber

Confronting Republicans can definitely mobilize a disaffected Democratic base.

Ari Melber

The modern GOP has perfected this cyclical deficit outrage ritual. Republicans run up the tab when they control the White House, then scream about deficits when Democrats win - insisting that 'serious reform' means cutting only Democratic budget priorities.

Ari Melber

Many candidates use a political autobiography to sell their candidacy.

Ari Melber

In campaigns, promises are usually treated skeptically. Past positions are viewed as the one reliable way to gauge a candidate's instincts.

Ari Melber

I was more interested in journalism and fact-finding than other things, so I didn't plan to work 30 years as a lawyer.

Ari Melber

The first rule of hip-hop is probably keep it real. And that can mean a lot of different things, but that's certainly important in reporting and storytelling.

Ari Melber