I was "Never Trump." But it turned out never republican was really the theme of this election. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
Republicans can also point to an alternate path. They can draw upon genuine experts to explain what should be done. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
What's more important than the media, there's this thing called ObamaCare, which was President Obama's signature domestic achievement. It won Republicans the… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
Republican Congressmen and senators will be in a very interesting place, where they have to support the president-elect - president - what… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
Look, at actual Republican and conservative think-tank proposals to replace ObamaCare all have the pre-existing condition provision in, done somewhat differently from… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
Of course there are different forms of conservatism. I would say just analytically that the Republican Party is more thoroughly conservative and… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
I think the whole dynamic is different. Whereas in [Barack] Obama's case, even though there was no incumbent, he was able to… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
People used to complain in the 50s and 60s and even in the 70s when I was in school, studying political science,… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
He should release the tax returns tomorrow. It's crazy. You've got to release six, eight, ten years back tax returns. Take the… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
[I]t's up to Republicans to expose the bureaucracies and criticize the orthodoxies - to ask why visas for travel to the United… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
I think that's what's - one of the things that is alarming to me is [Donald] Trump, and I think Trump supporters… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
He should release the tax returns tomorrow. It's crazy. You've got to release six, eight, ten years back tax returns. Take the hit for… — William Kristol Copy Share
In any case, open-seat presidential elections like 2008 just are different in character from incumbent reelects, and I think that's the most important thing… — William Kristol Copy Share
Republican Congressmen and senators will be in a very interesting place, where they have to support the president-elect - president - what will be… — William Kristol Copy Share
There are a few things [Donald Trump] has been pretty clear he'll do. A big infrastructure program that he'll get bipartisan support for. — William Kristol Copy Share
Donald Trump beat Jeb Bush and beat Hillary Clinton. And when everyone thinks of Donald Trump that's pretty impressive. — William Kristol Copy Share
You all would be really shocked, if you were dropped back down into when I went to college, by the narrowness of the opinions… — William Kristol Copy Share
American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles. — William Kristol Copy Share
First of all, legally, it's hard to do these things[ get rid of ObamaCare]. Donald Trump needs a lot of competent people. — William Kristol Copy Share
The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures. — William Kristol Copy Share
I think that's what's - one of the things that is alarming to me is [Donald] Trump, and I think Trump supporters seem to… — William Kristol Copy Share
I'm disappointed, depressed, and demoralized. [...] It is very hard to avoid the conclusion that President Bush flinched from a fight on constitutional philosophy.… — William Kristol Copy Share
If you look at the polls - the conservatives are fine.I think there will be a fair amount of enthusiasm, or at least motivation.… — William Kristol Copy Share
I don't think you want political parties that are entirely driven by some extremely doctrinal ideology. — William Kristol Copy Share
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![“I think that's what's - one of the things that is alarming to me is [Donald] Trump, and I think Trump supporters seem to believe, he won, huge upset, full credit to him, and has got the wind at his back. And Republicans on The Hill do want him to succeed, obviously, and they're deferring to him…” quote by William Kristol](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a29/william-kristol-9091_believe_i-think-that-s-what-s-one-of-the-things_441583.jpg)
