A pluralistic democracy requires three factors to function: a shared cultural space; a shared belief in key ideas, largely embedded in the Constitution; and a shared willingness to leave one another alone. As each component erodes, so, too, does the possibility of a united country.

Okay, well, the fact is that if you had to work more than one job to have a roof over your head or food on the table, you probably shouldn't have taken the job that's not paying you enough. That'd be a you problem.

They're talking about this dumb story that President Trump wanted to nuke hurricanes. Which, by the way, I don't care whether it does anything, I just think it sounds cool. I mean, what if there are sharks in the hurricanes? What if it's a sharknado? What then, guys? Have you thought about that? Just the idea—any time you're talking about nuking a random thing that's not really going to hurt anybody, I'll admit, the 13-year-old boy in me is kinda for it.

You can't magically change your . You can't magically change your sex. You can't magically change your age.

Trump won the nomination because he was anti-left, not because of any political viewpoints, he was slapping people on the left and people on the right went, 'Yeah, those people need to be slapped!'

Ben Shapiro: I don't frankly give a damn what you think of me, since I've never heard of you.
Andrew Neil: And I've never heard of you before I briefed myself for this, but that's not the issue. You haven't—
Ben Shapiro: Then why the hell are you interviewing me, sir?
Andrew Neil: It's an interesting book. But my point is, your book claims that society—
Ben Shapiro: Well, it would be nice if you would quote it from time to time.