Conservatism as an "ism" is always going to be somewhat in tension with a political party. William Kristol More Quotes by William Kristol More Quotes From William Kristol [Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'.... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons.... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants. William Kristol politicalattentionpeople If we free the people of Iraq, we will be respected in the Arab world... and I think we will be respected around the world. William Kristol iraqpeoplethinking Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now. William Kristol democraticbeatsclinton I think it's fine that there are five million people who are watching [politics on TV], and obviously I'm happy they are since they're on the air, and there are a couple hundred thousand people reading The Weekly Standard online, and that's great too, but most Americans aren't engaged that intensely, and are much less partisan. William Kristol couplereadingthinking White women are a problem, that's, you know - we all live with that. William Kristol womenproblemwhite [the war in Iraq] "could have terrifically good effects troughout the Middle East William Kristol middle-eastiraqwar Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea. William Kristol childrenideasthinking The repealing and replacing of Obamacare is very complicated. It is what a White House and congressional leadership, serious White House and serious congressional leadership, should meet on and work on and figure out a strategy of, and it may work and it may not. Obviously not every administration gets things through, even when they have much larger majorities in congress and a much larger popular vote than Donald Trump had. William Kristol popular-voteobamacarewhite Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower. William Kristol iraqordercountry American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles. William Kristol promotiondefenseprinciples We can remove Saddam because that could start a chain reaction in the Arab world that would be very healthy. William Kristol healthywould-beworld I think that's what's - one of the things that is alarming to me is [Donald] Trump, and I think Trump supporters seem to believe, he won, huge upset, full credit to him, and has got the wind at his back. And Republicans on The Hill do want him to succeed, obviously, and they're deferring to him more than they deep down in private sort of wish - want to, but they are going to defer to him publicly for awhile. But I think that is going to run out faster than people think. William Kristol runningbelievethinking If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over. William Kristol beliefwarpeople I've always rebelled a little when people say, 'My Jewish values lead me to really care about the poor.' I know some Christians who care about the poor, too. William Kristol jewish-valueschristianpeople Republicans can also point to an alternate path. They can draw upon genuine experts to explain what should be done. William Kristol donepathexperts He has a competent person, I think who will be confirmed as HHS secretary, Congressman Tom Price. William Kristol congressmanpersonsthinking Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. William Kristol patriotismdefensecivilization If Donald Trump behaves well, personally, and morally - I agree with Van [Jones] on this - if he distances - if he disassociates himself from forces that he unfortunately coddled and even fostered a little in this campaign, if he is responsible about the way in which he goes about his policy, initiatives on immigration and ObamaCare, trade and other areas, he has a huge opportunity, because the truth is that a lot of this stuff isn't that - there is a lot that can be done. William Kristol obamacaredistanceopportunity Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness. William Kristol liberalismweaknessproud Frankly, if you're 26 years old and there's a war on women or there's not a war on women, you can get all wrapped up in it and get lots of traffic on your website and get into exchanges and scream and yell about it on MSNBC or Fox, and a week later no one can remember what that was about. William Kristol foxeswaryears
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