Bret Stephens

The hater always suffers more than the object of his hatred.

— Bret Stephens

Listen carefully to the global warming alarmists, and the main theme that emerges is that what the developed world needs is a…

— Bret Stephens

'Democratic socialism' is awful as a slogan and catastrophic as a policy. And 'social democracy' - a term that better fits the…

— Bret Stephens

When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively…

— Bret Stephens

No adviser to a president is going to get his way all of the time, but at a minimum, that adviser should…

— Bret Stephens

Every president inherits a mixed bag when he comes to office, and Obama's was hardly the worst.

— Bret Stephens

There was a time when the conservative movement was led by the likes of Bill Buckley and Irving Kristol and Bob Bartley,…

— Bret Stephens

We elected Donald J. Trump to keep us jittery and entertained. He's delivered.

— Bret Stephens

The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy.

— Bret Stephens

Censoriously asserting one's moral superiority and treating skeptics as imbeciles and deplorables wins few converts.

— Bret Stephens

What is absolutely clear is that if Trump is the nominee, Republicans cannot win. Maybe they can't win with Rubio or Cruz…

— Bret Stephens

Everything Republicans once claimed to advocate - entitlement reform, free trade, standing up to dictators, encouraging the march of freedom around the…

— Bret Stephens

The best scientific evidence suggests temperatures are rising, and the best scientific evidence suggests man-made anthropogenic carbon emissions have some substantial thing…

— Bret Stephens

The intelligent defense of free speech should not rest on the notion that we must tolerate every form of speech, no matter…

— Bret Stephens

When George W. Bush decided to save the American position in Iraq by going against the advice of all of his wise…

— Bret Stephens

All societies make necessary moral distinctions between high crimes and misdemeanors, mortal and lesser sins.

— Bret Stephens

The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election…

— Bret Stephens

I am sorry that Mr. Cheney, and every other supporter of enhanced interrogation techniques, has to defend the practices as if they…

— Bret Stephens

Successful nations make a point of trying to learn from their neighbors. The Arab world has been taught over generations only to…

— Bret Stephens

When those of us in the words-making world use the term 'overregulation,' we are mostly putting a name to a concept we…

— Bret Stephens

Institutionalized racism is an imaginary enemy.

— Bret Stephens

This is the standard line of the Trump side of the party, that us who oppose him are just a bunch of…

— Bret Stephens

It's normal that elections make fierce partisans of many of us. It's normal that Mr. Trump would attract the usual right-wing buffoons…

— Bret Stephens

In every generation, there's a strong tendency for everyone to think like everyone else.

— Bret Stephens

Barack Obama is probably the coolest president this country will ever have.

— Bret Stephens