Ideas Quote by Bret Stephens

“Not everyone agrees with these descriptions of Buckley. Other writers on both the left and the right have suggested that contemporary conservatism is still…

— George Hawley

“Writing in the New York Times, David Welch, a former research director for the Republican National Committee, argued that the rise of the Tea…

— George Hawley

The GOP was once the party of William F. Buckley Jr., Ronald Reagan, and John McCain.

— Charlie Sykes

For decades, conservatives have struggled with containing crackpottery, most notably William F. Buckley's famous excommunication of the John Birch Society in the 1960s.

— Charlie Sykes

Conservative thinking is a very important part of Republican Party and the Republican Party is very important to the conservative movement. Since the 1960's,…

— John Aldrich

Since the 1950s, Movement Conservatives have fought the fair examination of their ideas. They embrace a worldview in which a few wealthy men control…

— Heather Cox Richardson

The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them

— Anonymous

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

Seriously. It was running out at Rolling Stone. First of all, they didn't feel the need for a dissident conservative voice in a world…

— P. J. O'Rourke

“These guys, individually and collectively, created a new philanthropic form, which was movement philanthropy,” said Rob Stein, a progressive political strategist, speaking of the…

— Jane Mayer

The Koch brothers, through the expenditure of billions of dollars and the creation and support of dozens of extreme right organizations, have taken fringe…

— Bernie Sanders

Steve Bannon went to the Conservative Political Action Conference and he said that there was a very important historical turning point, getting rid of…

— Mark Shields