If you subsidize apples, you get more apples; if you subsidize unemployment, you get more of it. Charles Krauthammer More Quotes by Charles Krauthammer More Quotes From Charles Krauthammer If the president signs any of it, good. If he vetoes, it will be clarifying. Who then will be the party of no? The vetoed legislation would become the framework for a 2016 GOP platform. Let the debate begin. Charles Krauthammer notablepartypresident The indecisiveness and ambivalence so devastatingly described by both of Obama's previous secretaries of defense, Leon Panetta and Bob Gates, are already beginning to characterize the Syria campaign. Charles Krauthammer bobcampaignsdefense Third parties in America gravitate not only to the extremes, but to irrelevance. (John Anderson's upcoming presidential campaign will undoubtedly confirm both tendencies.) Charles Krauthammer irrelevancepartyamerica Obama has committed the U.S. to war on the Islamic State. To then allow within a month an allied enclave to be overrun - and perhaps annihilated - would be a major blow. Charles Krauthammer islamicblowwar If Russia were to do something that it could do, it looks like it might even be preparing to do, to invade Ukraine and essentially to dismember it, this would be the one item that could reflect really badly on Trump because of the warm way he spoke about Putin. Charles Krauthammer This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill thousands of innocents while they kill themselves are not cowards. They are deadly vicious warriors and need to be treated as such. Charles Krauthammer warriorpeopleenemy The Houthi have local religious grievances, being Shiites in a majority Sunni land. But they are also agents of Shiite Iran, which arms, trains, and advises them. Their slogan - 'God is great. Death to America. Death to Israel' - could have been written in Persian. Charles Krauthammer iranisraelreligious I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me. Charles Krauthammer envywritingpeople 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 mondayhomenight I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. Charles Krauthammer debatetruthbelieveideas 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 yourthinkyoulife Every civilization is founded on sins - every single one. Dispossession, violence, appropriation. What distinguishes civilizations are the ones who rise above it. Charles Krauthammer risesingleviolencerise-above I was a Great Society liberal on domestic issues. People ask me, 'How do you go from Walter Mondale to Fox News?' The answer is, 'I was young once.' End of answer. Charles Krauthammer meyousocietypeople Never leave a crossword unfinished. Charles Krauthammer crosswordleaveneverunfinished Sometimes it's easy to go where the wind blows, but those that stand firmly planted are forces to be reckoned with. Charles Krauthammer standeasywindsometimes The one thing that's always been the center of my political thinking - and it goes back to when I was 19 and editor of my college paper - is an abhorrence of the extreme. Charles Krauthammer backpoliticalcollegethinking The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Rights Council: It transmits norms which are harmful, anti-liberty and anti-Semitic, among other things. The world would be better off in its absence. Charles Krauthammer betterlookdisasterworld I have a horror of the blank page. I simply cannot write on a blank page or screen. Because once I do, I start to fix it, and I never get past the first sentence. Charles Krauthammer neverstarthorrorpast Fight for what you know to be right. Don't give up. Charles Krauthammer rightfightknowyou In the end, what brings civilizations down is when the elites lose confidence in the rightness of their cause. Charles Krauthammer loseenddownconfidence
