150 Quotes by Andrew Sullivan

To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he’d be on Mount Rushmore by now.

I like the pluralism of modernity; it doesn’t threaten me or my faith. And if one’s faith is dependent on being reinforced in every aspect of other people’s lives, then it is a rather insecure faith, don’t you think?

Bush has legitimized a huge expansion of the welfare state, liberalizing immigration, and using force for democratization abroad. All the next Democratic president has to do to finish Bush’s hard work is to raise taxes to pay for it all.

It is not an opinion that “enhanced interrogation techniques” are torture. It is a legal fact. And it is also a legal fact that the president is a war criminal.

I think very few people are gay. I’m a two-percenter myself.

There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don’t know what effect it has until you hear it.

I’m not one of these people who thinks everybody’s gay.

I think if someone is writing continuously for 10 years and has not changed their mind about something – there’s something wrong with them. They’re not really thinking.

The middle part of the country – the great red zone that voted for Bush – is clearly ready for war. The decadent left in its enclaves on the coasts is not dead -and may well mount a fifth column.