“Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought.” PhilosophyPoliticalEffectsStudentsDiscoveryContemporaryLiberatingPolitical PhilosophyYoke Author:William Kristol
“Political parties are complicated coalitions and aren't excessively theoretical.” PoliticalPartyComplicatedPolitical PartiesTheoreticalCoalitions Author:William Kristol
“Conservatism as an "ism" is always going to be somewhat in tension with a political party.” PoliticalPartyTensionPolitical PartiesConservatismIsms Author:William Kristol
“I don't think you want political parties that are entirely driven by some extremely doctrinal ideology.” ThinkingWantPoliticalPartyDrivenIdeologyPolitical Parties Author:William Kristol
“People used to complain in the 50s and 60s and even in the 70s when I was in school, studying political science, that "if only we could have two political parties that presented a choice, but there were all these liberal Republicans and there were all these southern Democrats who are conservative so people just don't have a clear choice."” PeopleIfsTwoSchoolPoliticalUsedChoicesPartyStudyClearRepublicanDemocratConservativeComplainingSouthernPolitical PartiesPolitical Science Author:William Kristol
“I'm happy to have interns at The Weekly Standard and happy to have readers of The Weekly Standard, but if you all tell me that you were busy reading Plato and [Lev] Tolstoy and playing violin in the orchestra, I'd say that was great. I wouldn't tell you to take time out from that to get involved in political journalism.” IfsPoliticalReadingReaderInvolvedStandardsBusyJournalismTake TimePlatoOrchestraGet InvolvedViolinLev Tolstoy Author:William Kristol
“The trouble with politics and political coverage today is that there's too much liberal bias.... There's too much tilt toward the left-wing agenda. Too much apology for liberal policy failures. Too much pandering to liberal candidates and causes.” TodayPoliticalLeftCausesToo MuchTroublePolicyWingsCandidatesAgendasApologyBiasCoverageLeft WingTilt Author:William Kristol
“[Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'.... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons.... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants.” PeoplePoliticalPoliticsSidesAttentionLordToo MuchConcernPullingPeasantsPseudoPopulism Author:William Kristol
