William Kristol Quotes

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• [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

  People, Political, Attention

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• 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

  Thinking, Iraq, People

  "Bill Kristol's Guide to Falling Upward". www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.

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• Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.

  William Kristol

  Clinton, Beats, Democratic

  "Edward Kennedy, Frederick Smith, P.X. Kelley, Roundtable". Fox News Sunday, www.realclearpolitics.com. December 17, 2006.

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• White women are a problem, that's, you know - we all live with that.

  William Kristol

  Women, White, Problem

  "Bill Kristol:”White Women Are A Problem, That’s, You Know — We All Live With That”, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• [the war in Iraq] "could have terrifically good effects troughout the Middle East

  William Kristol

  War, Iraq, Middle East

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• Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower.

  William Kristol

  Country, Order, Iraq

  "A conversation with Lawrence Kaplan and Bill Kristol on Iraq". Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. February 24, 2003.

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• We can remove Saddam because that could start a chain reaction in the Arab world that would be very healthy.

  William Kristol

  Healthy, Would Be, World

  "Bill Kristol's Guide to Falling Upward" by Eric Alterman, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.

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• Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.

  William Kristol

  Children, Thinking, Ideas

  "Conservatives Are Such Jokers". www.nytimes.com. October 5, 2007.

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• American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.

  William Kristol

  Defense, Principles, Promotion

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• The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures.

  William Kristol

  Powerful, Media, Conservative

  "'What Liberal Media?'". www.nytimes.com. March 16, 2003.

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• If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.

  William Kristol

  War, People, Belief

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• 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

  Christian, Jewish Values, People

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• Republicans can also point to an alternate path. They can draw upon genuine experts to explain what should be done.

  William Kristol

  Path, Experts, Done

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• And on this issue of the Shia in Iraq, I think there's been a certain amount of, frankly, Terry, a kind of pop sociology in America that, you know, somehow the Shia can't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost no evidence of that at all. Iraq's always been very secular.

  William Kristol

  Islamic, Thinking, Iraq

  "Bill Kristol's guide to falling upward" by Eric Alterman, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.

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• Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.

  William Kristol

  Civilization, Patriotism, Defense

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• I mean, obviously, one of the strongest arguments against evolution and selection of the fittest and progress, which is part of evolution, is the current field of the presidential candidates. We started off with Washington and Adams and Jefferson and then we had Lincoln, and now we moved ahead and look where we are now.

  William Kristol

  Mean, Presidential, Progress

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• [Donald ] Trump is more important than all of us. He's more important than the media.

  William Kristol

  Media, Important, Trump

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have.

  William Kristol

  Soldier, Defense, Secretary

  "Tough question starts Washington firestorm", www.cnn.com. December 17, 2004.

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• Iraq's always been very secular.

  William Kristol

  Iraq, Secular

  "Christofer Cerf and Victor Navasky on Iraq". "Bill Moyers Journal", billmoyers.com. May 2, 2008.

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• That's always been the case in America; there's been a big spectrum in how much people are interested in American politics.

  William Kristol

  America, People, Bigs

  Source: www.chicagomaroon.com

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• The media claimed to be non-partisan, centrist. It's not been that way for a lot of history.

  William Kristol

  Media, Way, Partisans

  Source: www.chicagomaroon.com

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• There's a sort of romanticizing of the past. When you actually think about the past, you know it's a little different.

  William Kristol

  Past, Thinking, Different

  Source: www.chicagomaroon.com

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• Tax credits instead of a huge bureaucracy. This is the question for me.

  William Kristol

  Credit, Bureaucracy, Taxes

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics.

  William Kristol

  Country, Safe, Surveillance

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• Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness.

  William Kristol

  Weakness, Proud, Liberalism

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