Bret Stephens

In the scale of American blunders - from the Dred Scott decision to the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s to the tragedy…

— Bret Stephens

If, in 2008, I could have not been in equities, I wouldn't have been in equities. If I could have not bet…

— Bret Stephens

I am not sorry the CIA went to the edge of the law in the aftermath of 9/11 to prevent further mass-casualty…

— Bret Stephens

I don't think the Republican Party, or I should say the Republican Party as the vehicle for modern American conservative ideas, survives…

— Bret Stephens

The dismissal of any of these people would send a useful signal to U.S. allies that the president has the nerve -…

— Bret Stephens

In taking care with language, we take care of ourselves.

— Bret Stephens

Yes, Obama took over two wars from Bush - just as President Richard Nixon inherited Vietnam from President Lyndon Johnson and President…

— Bret Stephens

The candidacy of Donald Trump is the open sewer of American conservatism.

— Bret Stephens

Socialism may have failed as an economic theory, but global warming alarmism, with its dire warnings about the consequences of industry and…

— Bret Stephens

The American tradition rests on pillars of self-questioning, self-actualization, and disagreement.

— Bret Stephens

Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.

— Bret Stephens

There is something kind of aggressively and inhumanly repetitive about this line that guns are essential to American liberties - hard one…

— Bret Stephens

Among the events of John McCain's five-and-a-half years of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam, probably the most heroic, and surely the…

— Bret Stephens

Perhaps if there were less certitude about our climate future, more Americans would be interested in having a reasoned conversation about it.

— Bret Stephens

'Character Doesn't Count' has become a de facto G.O.P. motto. 'Virtue Doesn't Matter' might be another. But character does count, and virtue…

— Bret Stephens

The criterion for racism is either objective or it's meaningless: If liberals get to decide for themselves who is or isn't a…

— Bret Stephens

I don't think it is impossible to make the case to sensible Americans that far greater restrictions on their so-called gun rights…

— Bret Stephens

Humanitarianism is commendable, but not when you're demanding that others share the burdens and expense.

— Bret Stephens

What too many of Mr. Trump's supporters want is an American strongman, a president who will make the proverbial trains run on…

— Bret Stephens

Hillary Clinton's record in office is dreadful. Her ideas are dreadful. They will make us less safe. So, but there is no…

— Bret Stephens

I grew up in Mexico City at a time when the country was a repressive one-party dictatorship almost wholly dependent on oil…

— Bret Stephens

I will never vote for Donald Trump.

— Bret Stephens

Hillary Clinton, as awful as I find her, is a survivable event. I'm not so sure about [Donald] Trump.

— Bret Stephens

Nearly everyone I know seems to have a well-developed theory as to why this country is past redemption, or almost, and every…

— Bret Stephens

Before the word 'resignation' became a euphemism for being fired, it connoted a sense of public integrity and personal honor.

— Bret Stephens