The town hall has the spirit of representative democracy, the rally of autocracy. - Bill Kristol

[I]nstitutions are strong; it turns out you don't need a lot of sensible or even sane leadership in the White House.

I’d rather fight than switch. It’s worth fighting.

The rhetorical extremism, the winking at violence, the reveling in vulgarity, and the embrace of amoralism are not bugs but features of Trumpism. Intellectual and moral coarsening is both a condition and a consequence of the demagogue's success. Trumpism really does corrupt.