Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold. Andrew Sullivan More Quotes by Andrew Sullivan More Quotes From Andrew Sullivan The New York Times had not become The New York Times overnight. It had to earn its reputation day-by-day. Andrew Sullivan new-york-times reputation new-york If you suspend the Geneva Conventions, give the green light to anything that will get intelligence, round up thousands all over the globe with reckless disregard for guilt or innocence, you are effectively and knowingly issuing orders to seize innocent people and torture them. Any president who decides to do that and then says it was not his intention to do that is a fraud or a fool. Andrew Sullivan light giving order I think if someone is writing continuously for 10 years and has not changed their mind about something - there's something wrong with them. They're not really thinking. Andrew Sullivan writing years thinking When you fuse Christianity with power, it isn't long before Christians start imposing the cross on others rather than taking it up for themselves. Andrew Sullivan crosses christian long I'm gay. I always have been and I always will be, and I'm happy. Andrew Sullivan has-beens gay That's what torture does: it creates a miasma of unknowing, about as dangerous a situation in wartime as one can imagine. This hideous fate was made possible by an inexperienced president with a fundamentalist psyche and a paranoid and power-hungry vice-president who decided to embrace "the dark side" almost as soon as the second tower fell, and who is still trying to avenge Nixon. Until they are both gone from office, we are in grave danger the kind of danger that only torturers and fantasists and a security strategy based on coerced evidence can conjure up. Andrew Sullivan fate office dark I actually bought the argument that if we democratized Iraq, we could create a space for venting some of the stuff that's going on in the Middle East in these autocratic regimes that is expressing itself through jihadism, because it has nowhere else to express itself. Andrew Sullivan middle-east iraq space Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had to do it because of his father. He's much more comfortable in a private sector role and has, in fact, been much more successful in a private sector role, and I admire him for that. Andrew Sullivan successful views father Any president can start a war, and use the chaos of disorder that such a war creates as an indefinite argument for prolonging it. It's a war that keeps on giving. Failure means it's even more necessary to keep failing. Andrew Sullivan giving war mean I like the pluralism of modernity; it doesn't threaten me or my faith. And if one's faith is dependent on being reinforced in every aspect of other people's lives, then it is a rather insecure faith, don't you think? Andrew Sullivan insecure people thinking The simple truth is that there isn't a single civil right I would deny to an evangelical Christian. I've defended their freedom of religion, of association, of disassociation, and believe they should be treated with respect. I wouldn't dream of drumming them out of the military, firing them for their faith, tearing up their relationships, or taking their children away from them. The favor, alas, is not returned. Andrew Sullivan christian dream children True belief is not about blind submission. It is about open-eyed acceptance, and acceptance requires persistent distance from the truth, and that distance is doubt. Doubt, in other words, can feed faith, rather than destroy it. And it forces us, even while believing, to recognize our fundamental duty with respect to God's truth: humility. We do not know. Which is why we believe. Andrew Sullivan distance humility believe The Tea Party we were told is only about economics; not true. It was always about economics and social issues. They just hid the social issues and now we just see who they really are. Andrew Sullivan issues party tea My father has been a rock for me every since. Andrew Sullivan has-beens rocks father We currently have a government planning to go to Mars, heal broken marriages, and build bridges to nowhere - and also one that cannot wage a war competently, cannot respond to a hurricane adequately, and cannot enforce borders. Is it too much to ask that it get the basic things right before embarking on grandiose schemes? Andrew Sullivan government bridges war It is one of history's great tragedies that American conservatism, born in part in resistance to Soviet torture, should end by endorsing it in America, by Americans. Andrew Sullivan resistance tragedy america Even if it's deep unhappiness, it's your unhappiness. Andrew Sullivan unhappiness ifs What's great about it is that you see, the great struggle for gay people is that the politics is just not going to work for us. Andrew Sullivan gay struggle people The success of the stock connect program and the increased market volatility means investors are looking for more products to access China markets performance than exchange traded funds, and futures are feeding that rising demand. Andrew Sullivan rising success mean Obama is looking good because he kept his nerve and retained his restraint. That's a tough combo: nerve and restraint. It takes a cold-bloodedness to pull this off, and there are times when ice seems to run through the man's veins. Andrew Sullivan ice running men
