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John Avlon Quotes

born 1973 United States

John Phillips Avlon (born January 19, 1973) is an American journalist and political commentator. He is a Senior Political Analyst and fill-anchor at CNN and former editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast from 2013 to 2018.

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Semi-obvious but bears repeating: Much of the evil in the world comes from seeing and judging people as members of groups rather than individuals.

Politics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction.

Demagogues always do well in economic downturns.

Extremes are ultimately their own side's worst enemy.

The far-right and far-left can be equally insane.

Politics is history in the present tense.

The independence of our nation is inseparable from our interdependence as a people.

Terrorism is always one bad day away from being issue No. 1.

Us and against them is the opposite of our national motto, e pluribus unum: Out of many, one.

If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Avlon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.