Author: Bill Kristol

Quotes

If cleverness has often been a sign of decadence throughout history, the attempt to be too clever by half is an even more reliable marker of cultural decline.

If cleverness has often been a sign of decadence throughout history, the attempt to be too clever by half is an even more reliable marker of cultural decline.

- Bill Kristol

Power tends to corrupt - so we should, in both the public and the private spheres, be on guard against, and erect sturdy guardrails against, the corruptions of power.

Power tends to corrupt - so we should, in both the public and the private spheres, be on guard against, and erect sturdy guardrails against, the corruptions of power.

- Bill Kristol

Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?

Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?

- Bill Kristol

Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.

Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.

- Bill Kristol

If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.

If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.

- Bill Kristol

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

- Bill Kristol

The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.

The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.

- Bill Kristol

First impressions matter. Most people don't change their political views radically from the ones they first hold.

First impressions matter. Most people don't change their political views radically from the ones they first hold.

- Bill Kristol

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror.

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror.

- Bill Kristol

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