48 Quotes by Bill Kristol

If Romney explains why where we are with Obama is unacceptable, why whither we are tending is even worse - and why his own alternative path forward is superior - then we trust the American people to make the right choice in November.

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror.

He's always beenùweaker is not quite fair, but he's always been a less powerful chief of staff than we're used to.

Surely the United States should do what it can to prevent dictators elsewhere from inferring that repression works.

I think she should consider it. I think her nomination is a mistake. She doesn't have the intellectual distinction or the track record to really justify putting her on the Supreme Court. I think she should consider withdrawing her name, going to the President and saying 'thank you for the honor but I can serve you as WH counsel and there are plenty of other qualified people to go to the Supreme Court.'

The Defense Department apparently refused a CIA request to launch an attack on a Syrian terror-sponsoring target within the last two weeks.

The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.

First impressions matter. Most people don't change their political views radically from the ones they first hold.

The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.