Author: Charles Krauthammer

Quotes

Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.

Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.

- Charles Krauthammer

I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking.

I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking.

- Charles Krauthammer

As most who have engaged in competitive sports know, there's nothing to match the amplitude of emotion brought by losing.

As most who have engaged in competitive sports know, there's nothing to match the amplitude of emotion brought by losing.

- Charles Krauthammer

Americans are not intrinsically imperial, but we ended up dominant by default: Europe disappeared after the Second World War, the Soviet Union disappeared in 1991, so here we are.

Americans are not intrinsically imperial, but we ended up dominant by default: Europe disappeared after the Second World War, the Soviet Union disappeared in 1991, so here we are.

- Charles Krauthammer

I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history.

I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history.

- Charles Krauthammer

You're betraying your whole life if you don't say what you think - and you don't say it honestly and bluntly.

You're betraying your whole life if you don't say what you think - and you don't say it honestly and bluntly.

- Charles Krauthammer

I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life - full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living.

I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life - full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living.

- Charles Krauthammer

Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.

Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.

- Charles Krauthammer

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