Bill Kristol

“Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a stain on this administration's record.”

“We are not a nation of victims. We are a nation of pioneers.”

“I'd rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate.”

“We need a new conservatism that is not afraid to apply timeless principles to new problems.”

“The public is not as stupid as the politicians think.”

“If you think you have a better idea, you have to be willing to fight for it.”

“The liberal conceit is that they are the thinking ones, the progressives. The truth is they are the new Puritans.”

“A war for a great principle is better than a peace for a great wrong.”

“Being a Republican is hard work. You have to be against things that everyone is for.”

“It is one thing to be a dissenter, and another to be a traitor.”

“The great thing about American politics is that you can always start over.”