--- title: "13 People Quotes By Charles Krauthammer" description: "13 People quotes by Charles Krauthammer. Plus more from Charles Krauthammer and more People sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/charles-krauthammer-1232_enjoy_i-envy-people-who-write-easily-i-enjoy-t_1729953.png" --- > [I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/i-envy-people-who-write-easily-i-enjoy-the-process-but-it-s-not/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/charles-krauthammer-1232_enjoy_i-envy-people-who-write-easily-i-enjoy-t_1729953.png) > [For liberals, the observation that 'the peasants are revolting' is a pun. For conservatives, it is cause for uncharacteristic optimism. No matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/for-liberals-the-observation-that-the-peasants-are-revolting-is-a-pun/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/charles-krauthammer-1232_american-people_for-liberals-the-observation-that-the-pe_3069892.jpg) > [I was a Great Society liberal on domestic issues. People ask me, 'How do you go from Walter Mondale to Fox News?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/i-was-a-great-society-liberal-on-domestic-issues-people-ask-me-how-do/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/charles-krauthammer-1232_answer_i-was-a-great-society-liberal-on-domesti_2774010.jpg) > [Two decades ago, however, socialism and communism died rudely, then were buried forever by the empirical demonstration of the superiority of market…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/two-decades-ago-however-socialism-and-communism-died-rudely-then-were-2/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/charles-krauthammer-1232_abolition_two-decades-ago-however-socialism-and-co_826819.png) > [This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/this-is-a-formidable-enemy-to-dismiss-it-as-a-bunch-of-cowards/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/charles-krauthammer-1232_bunch_this-is-a-formidable-enemy-to-dismiss-it_820145.jpg) > [In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today's shiny,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/in-the-middle-ages-people-took-potions-for-their-ailments-in-the-19th/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/charles-krauthammer-1232_19th-century_in-the-middle-ages-people-took-potions-f_750763.jpg) > [I don't know about you, but I lie awake nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I know these people. I grew up there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/i-don-t-know-about-you-but-i-lie-awake-nights-worrying-about-canadian/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/charles-krauthammer-1232_awake_i-don-t-know-about-you-but-i-lie-awake-n_1353951.jpg) > [Courage is not a quality one normally associates with mathematicians. Yet it should apply to people who work in their attics in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/courage-is-not-a-quality-one-normally-associates-with-mathematicians/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/charles-krauthammer-1232_attics_courage-is-not-a-quality-one-normally-as_3192220.png) > [There is a mystique about psychiatry that people think that you have some kind of a magical lens, you know, Superman's X-ray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/there-is-a-mystique-about-psychiatry-that-people-think-that-you-have/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/charles-krauthammer-1232_believe_there-is-a-mystique-about-psychiatry-tha_1807968.png) > [Two decades ago, however, socialism and communism died rudely, then were buried forever by the empirical demonstration of the superiority of market…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/two-decades-ago-however-socialism-and-communism-died-rudely-then-were-3/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/charles-krauthammer-1232_abolition_two-decades-ago-however-socialism-and-co_2152967.png) > [The medical malpractice system is totally out of control. Everybody in the system knows it. And it's not just of the outrageous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-medical-malpractice-system-is-totally-out-of-control-everybody-in/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/charles-krauthammer-1232_get-rich_the-medical-malpractice-system-is-totall_2377814.jpg) > [In an essay 10 years ago, I pointed out that it is utterly logical for polygamy rights to follow gay rights. After…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/in-an-essay-10-years-ago-i-pointed-out-that-it-is-utterly-logical-for/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/charles-krauthammer-1232_arbitrary_in-an-essay-10-years-ago-i-pointed-out-t_1584792.png) > [I'm not against international institutions that would try to tackle global warming. But the way to go, at least in the short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/i-m-not-against-international-institutions-that-would-try-to-tackle/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/charles-krauthammer-1232_affordable_i-m-not-against-international-institutio_2649972.jpg) ## Other authors on People - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 856 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 843 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 724 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 624 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 488 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 367 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. 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Maxwell 249 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/john-c-maxwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 244 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 223 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/bill-gates/) ## More by Charles Krauthammer > [Obama and the Democrats were so critical of what Bush did, the interrogations, the secret prisons, Guantanamo and all of that, and even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/obama-and-the-democrats-were-so-critical-of-what-bush-did-the/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“America is the most welcoming, religiously tolerant, philo-semitic country in the world. No nation since Cyrus the Great’s Persia has done more for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/america-is-the-most-welcoming-religiously-tolerant-philo-semitic/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [I believe in what I believe, and I think after all these years I've heard a lot of arguments, and I'm convinced by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/i-believe-in-what-i-believe-and-i-think-after-all-these-years-i-ve/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [With our financial house on fire, Obama makes clear both in in his speech and his budget that the essence of his presidency will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/with-our-financial-house-on-fire-obama-makes-clear-both-in-in-his/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-conservative-idea-is-not-that-government-has-no-role-you-might/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [The war is not going well and it is time to say why. It has been fought with half-measures. It has been fought with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-war-is-not-going-well-and-it-is-time-to-say-why-it-has-been/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“International stability is never a given. It is never the norm. When achieved, it is the product of self-conscious action by the great powers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/international-stability-is-never-a-given-it-is-never-the-norm-when/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [Look, I don't mind if the President sends a budget which he knows is not going to achieve anything. But when he prefaces his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/look-i-don-t-mind-if-the-president-sends-a-budget-which-he-knows-is/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“Politics is the moat, the walls, beyond which lie the barbarians. Fail to keep them at bay, and everything burns.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/politics-is-the-moat-the-walls-beyond-which-lie-the-barbarians-fail/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [Don't touch my junk, you airport security goon--my package belongs to no one but me, and do you really think I'm a Nigerian nut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/don-t-touch-my-junk-you-airport-security-goon-my-package-belongs-to/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“The Russian Revolution and its imitators (Chinese, Cuban, Vietnamese, Cambodian) tried to atomize society so thoroughly--to war against the mediating structures that stand between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-russian-revolution-and-its-imitators-chinese-cuban-vietnamese/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/where-religion-is-trivialized-one-is-unlikely-to-find-persecution/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/we-must-now-brace-ourselves-for-disquisitions-on-peer-pressure/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [Post-Watergate morality, by which anything left private is taken as presumptive evidence of wrongdoing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/post-watergate-morality-by-which-anything-left-private-is-taken-as/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“The largest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity,' warns Czech president Vaclav Klaus, 'is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-largest-threat-to-freedom-democracy-the-market-economy-and/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/charles-krauthammer/#itemlist", "name": "13 People Quotes By Charles Krauthammer", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I envy people who write easily. 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