148 Quotes by John Podhoretz

Many people crave security and stability rather than risk-taking, and that doesn’t make them any less American. They are the workers rather than the job creators, and all societies need both.

In 2013, there were 6,261 black homicide victims in the US – almost all killed by black civilians.

Making recess appointments when the Senate isn’t in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It’s a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate.

I’ve worked as someone’s deputy, and now it’s time for me to run something. It’s time for me to run my own shop.

Obama’s explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that’s where Washington must step in and act.

America is great not because it’s a team. America is great because it is a nation whose founding documents elevated the rights of the individual.

If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right’s deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut.

I don’t feel alienated from American culture, but I understand people who do.

Electoral contests have nothing but polls, which is why people have grown so obsessed with them; we’re desperate for an objective rendering of what is happening and what may happen.