Joe Klein

Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap. ↗

— Joe Klein

#affirmative #affirmative action #always #cheap #justice

Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel. ↗

— Joe Klein

#bush #compassion #cruel #cynical #domestic

Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased. ↗

— Joe Klein

#american life #any #array #been #come

Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible. ↗

— Joe Klein

#american #anonymity #anonymous #back #bible

I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done. ↗

— Joe Klein

#because #came #done #get #got

I invented the psychological histories and the relationship between Jack and Susan Stanton. I didn't know anything about the Clintons. I don't know more about the Clintons' marriage than you do. ↗

— Joe Klein

#anything #between #histories #i #invented

Novel writing should never be confused with journalism. Unfortunately, in the case of Primary Colors, a fair number of journalists confused. ↗

— Joe Klein

#colors #confused #fair #journalism #journalists

You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show. ↗

— Joe Klein

#especially #get #jon #jon stewart #news