Irving Kristol

“A neoconservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality.”

“Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters in life begin when you get what you want.”

“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.”

“The trouble with imaginative people is that they're good at imagining things.”

“The task for conservatives is to build a new majority, not to be a sect.”

“Egalitarianism is so integrated into the modern American creed that no politician can explicitly condemn it.”

“There are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people.”

“Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.”

“Pornography, obscenity, and the degradation of women are direct contradictions of the creative principle of aesthetics.”

“Corrupt ideas have miserable consequences.”

“The culture war is a war for the soul of America.”

“A 'social issue' is a public issue which is created by a private problem.”

“The simple truth is that biology is destiny. A man is a man, and a woman is a woman.”

“The historical task of the new Republican majority is to convert the American people to conservatism.”