Author: Jonathan Haidt

Quotes

If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.

If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.

- Jonathan Haidt

Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?

Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?

- Jonathan Haidt

By temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist.

By temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist.

- Jonathan Haidt

Politics is really religion. Politics is about sacredness. Politics is about offering a vision that will bind the nation together to pursue greatness.

Politics is really religion. Politics is about sacredness. Politics is about offering a vision that will bind the nation together to pursue greatness.

- Jonathan Haidt

The great conservative insight is that order is really hard to achieve. It's really precious, and it's really easy to lose.

The great conservative insight is that order is really hard to achieve. It's really precious, and it's really easy to lose.

- Jonathan Haidt

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