“I would write my editorials using a manual typewriter in pitch-black darkness... I would produce the whole thing without having seen the text.” WritingWholeBlackDarknessProduceTypewritersManualsEditorialsPitch Black Author:Charles Krauthammer
“I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated.” FansRedFormerRed Sox Fans Author:Charles Krauthammer
“In the course of his presidency, Obama has gone from an almost magical charismatic figure to an ordinary politician. Ordinary. Average.” CoursesGoneFiguresPoliticianOrdinaryAveragePresidencyCharismatic Author:Charles Krauthammer
“It is an old liberal theme that conservative ideas, being red in tooth and claw, cannot possibly emerge from any notion of the public good.” IdeasRedNotionConservativeTeethThemeClawsPublic Good Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Ron Paul is not going to be president, so we don't have to worry about who's going to be in his cabinet.” PresidentWorryCabinets Author:Charles Krauthammer
“The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.” IdeasGovernmentMightDealsRolesConservativeNew Deal Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.” LittlesPlayHomeNightGamesDrugAlcoholChessOnlineMondayMonday Night Author:Charles Krauthammer
“When a party is in opposition, it opposes. That's its job. But when it comes to power, it must govern. Easy rhetoric is over, the press of reality becomes irresistible. By necessity, it adopts some of the policies it had once denounced. And a new national consensus is born.” RealityJobsEasyBornPartyPolicyPressesOppositionRhetoricConsensusIrresistible Author:Charles Krauthammer
“A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys, but not in America. I don't want to see it hovering over anybody's home.” WantHomeAmericaUsedGuyOughtArmyVersionsHuntsBad GuysDronesHoveringSomalia Author:Charles Krauthammer