“I care about being able to play. If you're playing with integrity in the music, then that's what matters. But it wasn't that great for me because it was kinda like going back into the old times without the guy.” IfsMatterPlayCareAbleGuyIntegrityWhat MattersI CareOld Time Author:Bill Kreutzmann
“All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.” MadeDefenseSecretaryWartime Author:William Kristol
“It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.” LiteratureFateFoolAgreementTemperament Author:E. M. Forster
“Conservative policies have on the whole worked - insofar as any set of policies can be said to 'work' in the real world. Conservatives of the Reagan-Bush-Gingrich-Bush years have a fair amount to be proud of.” WorldYearsSaidRealWholePolicyAmountProudFairsConservativeReal WorldBe Proud Author:William Kristol
“Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.” PeopleIfsShouldMayDoeMatterGovernmentCareAmericaDependsCourtStrikesSupremeHealth CareSupreme CourtObamacareMandatesLimited GovernmentVerdict Author:William Kristol
“I personally - if I were designing the tax code - would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid more than 13 percent, given what I know about the kind of investments he made money from.” IfsKnowsKindMadeGivenDesignTaxesPercentPaidInvestmentCodeRomney Author:William Kristol
“Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics.” CountryPolicySafeDeservePraiseCriticsSurveillanceDefendersInterrogationSept 11Counter Terrorism Author:William Kristol
“Mitt Romney has to convince the American public that they need to do something they're not usually inclined to do - replace a sitting president with a challenger. And unlike in 1980 and 1992, when the public was persuaded to do just that, the incumbent president has not been weakened by a primary opponent.” NeedsPresidentSittingPrimariesOpponentsConvinceRomneyIncumbents Author:William Kristol
“The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.” GivingStillsLastsThreeHalfPathFivePercentVoteElectionDefeatAverageStrikesPresidentialExtrasVotersRomneyDisillusionmentPredecessorsGopThree Strikes Author:William Kristol