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Charles Krauthammer quotes: The world is a Hobbesian state of nature in which the struggle for domination is the very essence of international life. The world is a Hobbesian state of nature in which the struggle for domination is the very essence of international life.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off. Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine. I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal. The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: If [Bush's] successors don't screw it up, within 10 years NASA will have us back to where we belong on other worlds. If [Bush's] successors don't screw it up, within 10 years NASA will have us back to where we belong
on other worlds.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me. I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Increasing public safety almost always means restricting liberties. Increasing public safety almost always means restricting liberties.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Tuesday's victory was big. But it did nothing more than level the playing field and give you a shot. Take it. Tuesday's victory was big. But it did nothing more than level the playing field and give you a shot. Take it.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: In reality, Kyoto was a huge transfer of resources from the United States to the Third World, under the guise of environmental protection. In reality, Kyoto was a huge transfer of resources from the United States to the Third World, under the guise of environmental protection.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: So far as I'm concerned, Ronald Reagan was the best president. Nixon was the worst. Some of his policies were okay, but he disgraced the office. So far as I'm concerned, Ronald Reagan was the best president. Nixon was the worst. Some of his policies were okay, but he disgraced the office.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I distrust all multiculturalism, liberal or conservative. The Balkans amply demonstrate the perils of Balkanization. I distrust all multiculturalism, liberal or conservative. The Balkans amply demonstrate the perils of Balkanization.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: In modern times we suffer not for our sins - sin having been abolished - but for ideology. In modern times we suffer not for our sins - sin having been abolished - but for ideology.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare. Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: The more settled and ordered one's life - and in particular one's communal life - the easier it becomes for one's imagination to fail. The more settled and ordered one's life - and in particular one's communal life - the easier it becomes for one's imagination to fail.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion. Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: The free lunch is the essence of modern liberalism. The free lunch is the essence of modern liberalism.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Better to be paralyzed from the neck down than the neck up Better to be paralyzed from the neck down than the neck up
Charles Krauthammer quotes: We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage. We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors - brilliant! Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors - brilliant!
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Obsession with self is the motif of our time. Obsession with self is the motif of our time.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Preemption is a kind of pre-deterrence that stops the threat at an earlier, safer stage. Preemption is a kind of pre-deterrence that stops the threat at an earlier, safer stage.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: [I]t's not the advertising, it's the dog food. Every time anybody has a look at it or has a lick of it, they don't like it. [I]t's not the advertising, it's the dog food. Every time anybody has a look at it or has a lick of it, they don't like it.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated. I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected. Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: History is not just cruel. It is witty. History is not just cruel. It is witty.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: There is no comparing the brutality and cynicism of today's pop culture with that of forty years ago: from High Noon to Robocop is a long descent. There is no comparing the brutality and cynicism of today's pop culture with that of forty years ago: from High Noon to Robocop is a long descent.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war. Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Identity politics is the mother's milk of the Democratic Left. Identity politics is the mother's milk of the Democratic Left.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: The great divide in American foreign policy thinking is between those who believe in paper and those who believe in power. The great divide in American foreign policy thinking is between those who believe in paper and those who believe in power.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself. I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back. When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: If you subsidize apples, you get more apples; if you subsidize unemployment, you get more of it. If you subsidize apples, you get more apples; if you subsidize unemployment, you get more of it.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete. Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Post-Watergate morality, by which anything left private is taken as presumptive evidence of wrongdoing. Post-Watergate morality, by which anything left private is taken as presumptive evidence of wrongdoing.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Obama is a man of first-class intellect and first-class temperament. But his character remains highly suspect. Obama is a man of first-class intellect and first-class temperament. But his character remains highly suspect.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: A three-year diet of rubber chicken and occasional crow. A three-year diet of rubber chicken and occasional crow.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history. I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: The Brady Bill's only effect will be to desensitize the public to regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation. The Brady Bill's only effect will be to desensitize the public to regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality. There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment. The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: It is an old liberal theme that conservative ideas, being red in tooth and claw, cannot possibly emerge from any notion of the public good. It is an old liberal theme that conservative ideas, being red in tooth and claw, cannot possibly emerge from any notion of the public good.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: The Obama foreign policy, in broad strokes, has been a disaster. The Obama foreign policy, in broad strokes, has been a disaster.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing Saddam Hussein to acquire his weapons will only grow with time. I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing Saddam Hussein to acquire his weapons will only grow with time.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Middleness is the very enemy of the bold. Middleness is the very enemy of the bold.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism. Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Ron Paul is not going to be president, so we don't have to worry about who's going to be in his cabinet. Ron Paul is not going to be president, so we don't have to worry about who's going to be in his cabinet.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about what is permissible. Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about what is permissible.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: The Iraquis can see it. The Kurds can feel it. The jihadists are counting on it. The Iraquis can see it. The Kurds can feel it. The jihadists are counting on it.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: refuses to consider refuses to consider
Charles Krauthammer quotes: In the course of his presidency, Obama has gone from an almost magical charismatic figure to an ordinary politician. Ordinary. Average. In the course of his presidency, Obama has gone from an almost magical charismatic figure to an ordinary politician. Ordinary. Average.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I'm The Only Entity On Earth, Other Than Rogue States, That Has Received An Apology From The White House I'm The Only Entity On Earth, Other Than Rogue States, That Has Received An Apology From The White House
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I would write my editorials using a manual typewriter in pitch-black darkness ... I would produce the whole thing without having seen the text. I would write my editorials using a manual typewriter in pitch-black darkness ... I would produce the whole thing without having seen the text.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Loyalty to the President is great, but loyalty to truth, integrity, and country is even better. Loyalty to the President is great, but loyalty to truth, integrity, and country is even better.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House? If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House?
Charles Krauthammer quotes: A one-hour work-week ... would minimize the damage that Congress can do. A one-hour work-week ... would minimize the damage that Congress can do.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution. Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,. When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth. Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Why in the age of feminism do we still use the phrase "women and children"? Why in the age of feminism do we still use the phrase "women and children"?
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I would say I see myself as a psychiatrist in remission. I would say I see myself as a psychiatrist in remission.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: Every week 10,000 tons of food, medicine, and other humanitarian supplies are sent by Israel to Gaza. Every week 10,000 tons of food, medicine, and other humanitarian supplies are sent by Israel to Gaza.
Charles Krauthammer quotes: I don't really care what a public figure thinks. I care about what he does. Let God probe his inner heart. I don't really care what a public figure thinks. I care about what he does. Let God probe his inner heart.

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