Bill Kristol Browse All Authors Top 29 quotes by Bill Kristol Yes, no one stepped forward. Bill Kristol politics She can go into detail on Russia, China and the Middle East. She has a breadth of knowledge you wouldn't expect from a former CEO, having spoken to a lot of people who run for high office over the years, I think she's way above average and up to a pretty high standard on this. Bill Kristol politics Conservatives in House could show clout by blocking this ill-advised 'fix' of Obamacare. Bill Kristol healthcare First impressions matter. Most people don't change their political views radically from the ones they first hold. Bill Kristol politicalchangematterpeople 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 gosocietylawway Self-government is an experiment. It could still fail. Bill Kristol experimentfailcouldstill 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 effortgovernmentleadershipwar In many cases, it's a choice. There are many, many human beings through history - millions and millions and millions - who have been both homosexual at times in their lives and then heterosexual, or vice-versa, or bisexual. How can it be a biological imperative if people can change? Bill Kristol choicechangehistorypeople All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments. Bill Kristol saywartimedefensemade Conservative policies have on the whole worked - insofar as any set of policies can be said to 'work' in the real world. Conservatives of the Reagan-Bush-Gingrich-Bush years have a fair amount to be proud of. Bill Kristol proudrealworkworld There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country. Bill Kristol servicefightingstrongfaith If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit. Bill Kristol nationfightpatriotismgovernment 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 morehalfcleverhistory Republican government presupposes decent and admirable qualities among its citizens - so we should be serious about strengthening character and inculcating virtue. Bill Kristol virtuegovernmentseriouscharacter American history has always had elements of what we now think of as Trumpism - Joe McCarthy, George Wallace, Father Coughlin. It's not as if these things haven't always existed, and they were powerful. The big difference is Trump is president. Bill Kristol thinkpowerfulfatherhistory Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership? Bill Kristol stepdownmanleadership Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror. Bill Kristol respectpoorfightingwar Bush is no conservative. Bill Kristol bushconservative If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over. Bill Kristol americanwillwarpeople I personally - if I were designing the tax code - would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid more than 13 percent, given what I know about the kind of investments he made money from. Bill Kristol taxmoreknowmoney
