Jonathan Chait Quotes & Sayings

President Obama is so much smarter and a better communicator than members of Congress in either party. The contrast, side by side, is almost ridiculous ... — Jonathan Chait

Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it. — Jonathan Chait

Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic positionThe operation in Gaza is not Netanyahu's strategy in excess; it is Netanyahu's strategy in its entirety. The liberal Zionist, two-state vision(that) once commanded a mainstream position within Israeli political life has been relegated to a left-wing rump within it. — Jonathan Chait

Illiberal left ideology has its greatest strength on campuses because campuses are one of the few places in American life where a certain kind of far-left politics can actually impose hegemony on other ideas and really control the discourse in a way it can't in most places in American life where even moderate liberals are more of a minority. — Jonathan Chait

Three-quarters of Americans who went bankrupt due to medical costs actually had insurance; it's just that the insurance they had didn't actually protect them from catastrophe. — Jonathan Chait