Matthew Continetti

“Trump did not create the divisions in the Republican Party; he exposed and exacerbated them.”

“For the first time, a Republican Party is led by a man who is not a conservative.”

“The challenge for conservatives is to apply timeless principles to ever-changing circumstances.”

“The media is not a monolith, but it is a herd.”

“A political party that does not know its own history is doomed to repeat its mistakes.”

“The conservative movement was born in opposition to the liberal establishment.”

“The Right is not a single, unchanging entity but a dynamic and contested tradition.”

“Populism often thrives on a sense of betrayal by the establishment.”

“The culture war is a constant in American life, but its battlegrounds shift.”

“Populism is the authentic voice of the people, and elites are those who would stifle it.”

“The history of the right is a story of intellectuals, activists, and politicians attempting to define and implement a political program.”

“Identity politics is the water in which the modern left swims.”