Bill Kristol

The idea that democracies could be vulnerable to demagogues is not a new notion.

— Bill Kristol

If Romney explains why where we are with Obama is unacceptable, why whither we are tending is even worse - and why…

— Bill Kristol

Self-government is an experiment. It could still fail.

— Bill Kristol

I was involved in the 'reformicon' effort in 2013-2014, which was explicitly, 'We can't just Xerox Reagan.' In the spirit of Reagan,…

— Bill Kristol

In many cases, it's a choice. There are many, many human beings through history - millions and millions and millions - who…

— Bill Kristol

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

Some discrimination is perfectly reasonable. The discrimination between trying to teach our kids what most of human history has thought was a…

— Bill Kristol

A woman, like a man, should be treated with human decency, according to the rule of law, and free of the abusive,…

— Bill Kristol

Power tends to corrupt - so we should, in both the public and the private spheres, be on guard against, and erect…

— Bill Kristol

I think the failures of Republican governance led to a distrust of Republican elites, which is fair enough.

— Bill Kristol

To the credit of the Republican Party and the conservative movement, people have been expelled or marginalized. Pat Buchanan in the '90s.…

— Bill Kristol

Republican government presupposes decent and admirable qualities among its citizens - so we should be serious about strengthening character and inculcating virtue.

— Bill Kristol

I think Rumsfeld was not a good Defense Secretary. I'm glad he's gone.

— Bill Kristol

I'm absolutist on Trump. He shouldn't be president. We should limit the damage he can do as president. And we should try…

— Bill Kristol

I'm trying to uphold what was true about conservatism. I consider myself a Reagan conservative.

— Bill Kristol

First impressions matter. Most people don't change their political views radically from the ones they first hold.

— Bill Kristol

In terms of the conservative movement, I do think it would be foolish to deny that Trump has exposed certain aspects of…

— Bill Kristol

Here's one measure of the man and the scope of his achievement: No serious historian will be able to write about 20th-century…

— Bill Kristol

No one can change the definition of what behavior is presidential because that definition fundamentally depends on what our form of government…

— Bill Kristol

I had a great ten years at Fox, but it's also been fun being a free agent.

— Bill Kristol

If cleverness has often been a sign of decadence throughout history, the attempt to be too clever by half is an even…

— Bill Kristol

Immigration policy is a complicated issue. Or perhaps one should say immigration policies are complicated, since we have many different immigration laws…

— Bill Kristol

The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and…

— Bill Kristol

I don't think Palin really led to Trump. Was this somehow a bit of a precursor or something? I'm willing to say,…

— Bill Kristol

Reagan was the most important American political figure of the latter half of the 20th century. No one was more central to…

— Bill Kristol