Richard Cohen Quotes

Richard Cohen

Profession : Journalist

Birth : February 6, 1941

When I was a kid, I went door to door in my neighborhood asking for donations to the Jewish National Fund, best known then for its Israel forestation program. At the age of 11 or so, I imagined myself a regular Johnny Appleseed, responsible for vast forests.

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As we see with Sunni and Shiite Muslims, interreligious fights are the most ugly.

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In order to take a nation to war, you have to believe mightily in the threat you are facing and the virtue of your cause.

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If you told me back in my Army days that I could have bought the same weapon that I had been using in training, I would not have believed it.

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The NRA has led the way in the mainstreaming of a demented gun ideology.

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What's the justification for a semiautomatic weapon with a magazine of 30 rounds?

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Leaving aside handguns and hunting weapons, what's the justification for possessing an AR-15-style weapon?

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With a sinking feeling, I have come to a horrible conclusion: I am addicted to Donald Trump.

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You have to admit that Trump is endlessly creative. He has insulted the disabled, the dead, the parents of the dead, women, Mexicans, Muslims, Asians, African Americans, former POWs, the media and, to get just a bit more specific, 'The Post.'

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I long ago tired of politicians who never say anything, adhere to their talking points, and avoid all controversy.

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It has become commonplace to call Trump a reality TV star. That is said as an aspersion, the way Ronald Reagan was called an actor. But Reagan's acting experience, his ability to talk to the camera and not yell to the hall, is what helped make him such a good politician. It is the same with Trump.

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What if Hillary Clinton were a man? What if she were a 68-year-old man rather than a 68-year-old woman? Would we think differently of her?

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I met Clinton during her husband's first campaign for the White House. It was 1992, New Hampshire, and both Clintons had stopped at a coffee shop to greet the folks and get something to eat.

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Trump's juvenilia stands in stark contrast to Obama's measured words.

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I don't know if history will adjudge Barack Obama a great president, but he has been a necessary one.

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Something about the Clintons sets the GOP to howling at the moon.

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Travelgate eventually faded, and the nation somehow survived - American exceptionalism at work again.

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