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Top 25 William Kristol Quotes (2025 Update)

William Kristol Quote: “Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children I tend to think it’s a good idea.”

1. “Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children I tend to think it’s a good idea.”

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William Kristol Quote: “Have you ever met a war you didn’t love?”

2. “Have you ever met a war you didn’t love?”

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William Kristol Quote: “The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures.”

3. “The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures.”

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William Kristol Quote: “American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.”

4. “American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.”

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William Kristol Quote: “White women are a problem, that’s, you know – we all live with that.”

5. “White women are a problem, that’s, you know – we all live with that.”

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William Kristol Quote: “Shouldn’t Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?”

6. “Shouldn’t Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?”

— William Kristol

William Kristol Quote: “Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.”

7. “Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.”

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William Kristol Quote: “Lest conservatives be too proud, it’s worth recalling that conservatism’s rise was decisively enabled by liberalism’s weakness.”

8. “Lest conservatives be too proud, it’s worth recalling that conservatism’s rise was decisively enabled by liberalism’s weakness.”

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William Kristol Quote: “Yuppies don’t have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.”

9. “Yuppies don’t have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.”

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William Kristol Quote: “Bush is no conservative.”

10. “Bush is no conservative.”

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William Kristol Quote: “Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world’s sole superpower.”

11. “Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world’s sole superpower.”

— William Kristol

William Kristol Quote: “Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.”

12. “Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.”

— William Kristol

William Kristol Quote: “Iraq’s always been very secular.”

13. “Iraq’s always been very secular.”

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William Kristol Quote: “I’ve always rebelled a little when people say, ‘My Jewish values lead me to really care about the poor.’ I know some Christians who care about the poor, too.”

14. “I’ve always rebelled a little when people say, ‘My Jewish values lead me to really care about the poor.’ I know some Christians who care about the poor, too.”

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William Kristol Quote: “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.”

15. “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.”

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William Kristol Quote: “Leo Strauss’s discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought.”

16. “Leo Strauss’s discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought.”

— William Kristol

William Kristol Quote: “These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have.”

17. “These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have.”

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William Kristol Quote: “While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed – and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.”

18. “While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed – and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.”

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William Kristol Quote: “Their message is conveyed in that hortatory tone and declamatory voice used by politicians when starting a condition contrary to fact. People who aren’t cowed don’t spend a lot of time proclaiming they won’t be cowed. Leaders who really have strengthened the voice of freedom don’t don’t need to reassure there electorates that they’re committed to doing so.”

19. “Their message is conveyed in that hortatory tone and declamatory voice used by politicians when starting a condition contrary to fact. People who aren’t cowed don’t spend a lot of time proclaiming they won’t be cowed. Leaders who really have strengthened the voice of freedom don’t don’t need to reassure there electorates that they’re committed to doing so.”

— William Kristol

William Kristol Quote: “If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.”

20. “If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.”

— William Kristol

William Kristol Quote: “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.”

21. “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.”

— William Kristol

William Kristol Quote: “Republicans can also point to an alternate path. They can draw upon genuine experts to explain what should be done.”

22. “Republicans can also point to an alternate path. They can draw upon genuine experts to explain what should be done.”

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William Kristol Quote: “All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.”

23. “All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.”

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William Kristol Quote: “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.”

24. “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.”

— William Kristol

William Kristol Quote: “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.”

25. “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.”

— William Kristol

William Kristol Quote: “In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.”

26. “In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.”

— William Kristol

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