I regard myself to have been a young Trostkyite and I have not a single bitter memory.
Irving KristolSenator McGovern is very sincere when he says that he will try to cut the military budget by 30%. And this is to drive a knife in the heart of Israel... Jews don't like big military budgets. But it is now an interest of the Jews to have a large and powerful military establishment in the United States... American Jews who care about the survival of the state of Israel have to say, no, we don't want to cut the military budget, it is important to keep that military budget big, so that we can defend Israel.
Irving KristolPeople need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.
Irving KristolIf you believe that no one was ever corrupted by a book, you have also to believe that no one was ever improved by a book.
Irving KristolThere are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people. There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that are appropriate for educated adults; and truths that are appropriate for highly educated adults, and the notion that there should be one set of truths available to everyone is a modern democratic fallacy. It doesn't work.
Irving Kristol