76 Quotes by William Kristol

Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world’s sole superpower.

Many of Bush’s defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I’m perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics.

Their message is conveyed in that hortatory tone and declamatory voice used by politicians when starting a condition contrary to fact. People who aren’t cowed don’t spend a lot of time proclaiming they won’t be cowed. Leaders who really have strengthened the voice of freedom don’t don’t need to reassure there electorates that they’re committed to doing so.

I personally – if I were designing the tax code – would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid more than 13 percent, given what I know about the kind of investments he made money from.