There 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 KristolAnyone who knows anything about journalism knows that reporters are rarely in a position to investigate anything. They lack the authority to subpoena witnesses, to cross-examine, to scrutinize official records. They are lucky to get their phone calls returned.
Irving KristolThe problem is efforts by liberals to establish a wall between religion and society, in the guise of maintaining the wall between church and state.
Irving KristolIt was a new kind of class war - the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public sector.
Irving KristolI regard myself to have been a young Trostkyite and I have not a single bitter memory.
Irving Kristol