If Only They Didn't Speak English Quotes

“The post-war British Labour prime minister Clement Atlee described referrendums as the last resort of demagooues and dictators.”
― Jon Sopel, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America

“In America you can't do politics without also doing God.”
― Jon Sopel, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America

“Benjamin Franklin declared, "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants to see us happy" while Thomas Jefferson said, "Wine is necessary for life" and George Washington said, "My manner of living is plain... a glass of wine and a bit of mutton”
― Jon Sopel, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America

“And so it was that a 70-year-old New York property tycoon, who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, who flew around in his own private jet, who had never known a day’s hardship in his life, who had lived a playboy life and had managed to dodge national service when other young men his age were being shipped off to Vietnam, became the champion of the disaffected, white working class.”
― Jon Sopel, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America

“Following 9/11 there was the creation by the FBI of a Terrorist Screening Centre. It is a single database used by all government agencies to keep tabs on those who might reasonably be suspected of having links to extremist groups. If you are on the terror watch list, there are serious restrictions placed on your ability to move around. For example, you will be banned from all internal and international flights. But, astonishingly, you are still able to wander down to the local firearms dealer and buy yourself a gun. Being on the FBI list is not in itself sufficient grounds for being banned from buying a rifle. The renewed fears about the terror threat within”
― Jon Sopel, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America

“And just as nearly 200 years earlier the Founding Fathers had declared that ‘all men are created equal’ while surrounded by their slaves, so the United States in the early 1960s was berating the Soviet Union for not being a ‘free society’ when millions of its own citizens were still facing the most deeply ingrained, legally sanctioned racial discrimination. The hypocrisy was crystal clear”
― Jon Sopel, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America

“What’s crucial to understand is that in America what you listen to and watch will confirm your prejudices, not challenge them.”
― Jon Sopel, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America

“And there was a good dollop of misogyny in it too. She didn’t have the stamina. Was bossy, manipulative, too conniving and ambitious – because of course none of the men who had run for president over the previous 240 years were …”
― Jon Sopel, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America

“Comey would later say that it left him feeling ‘mildly nauseous’ to think that he might have affected the outcome of the election (only mildly?).”
― Jon Sopel, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America