148 Quotes by John Podhoretz

The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden.

The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job.

Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.

Over the next decade, cities and states across America will be compelled to tighten their belts as the really big bills - the pension bills they cannot afford - come due. They'll have to go after existing contracts with current workers.

You'd think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in exit polls, notoriously inaccurate surveys that had John Kerry winning the 2004 election by five points when he actually lost by three.

All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth.

The sad truth is that you can have peace processes all you like, but if one side is committed to war, then it’s war.

You’d think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in exit polls, notoriously inaccurate surveys that had John Kerry winning the 2004 election by five points when he actually lost by three.

There’s no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There’s only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.