Here's one measure of the man and the scope of his achievement: No serious historian will be able to write about 20th-century America without discussing Bill Buckley. Before Buckley, there was no conservative movement. After Buckley, there was Ronald Reagan. — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
Reagan was the most important American political figure of the latter half of the 20th century. No one was more central to his emergence and success than Bill Buckley. — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
The idea that democracies could be vulnerable to demagogues is not a new notion. — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
If Romney explains why where we are with Obama is unacceptable, why whither we are tending is even worse - and why his own… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
I was involved in the 'reformicon' effort in 2013-2014, which was explicitly, 'We can't just Xerox Reagan.' In the spirit of Reagan, actually, we… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
In many cases, it's a choice. There are many, many human beings through history - millions and millions and millions - who have been… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
The Republican ticket in 2012 was Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. Whatever again you think of them, that's not a dumbed-down ticket. — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
Some discrimination is perfectly reasonable. The discrimination between trying to teach our kids what most of human history has thought was a desirable lifestyle… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
A woman, like a man, should be treated with human decency, according to the rule of law, and free of the abusive, unjust exercise… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
Power tends to corrupt - so we should, in both the public and the private spheres, be on guard against, and erect sturdy guardrails… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
I think the failures of Republican governance led to a distrust of Republican elites, which is fair enough. — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
To the credit of the Republican Party and the conservative movement, people have been expelled or marginalized. Pat Buchanan in the '90s. Ron Paul,… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
Republican government presupposes decent and admirable qualities among its citizens - so we should be serious about strengthening character and inculcating virtue. — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
