John Podhoretz Quotes

Insulting the electorate and accusing it of spiritual weakness and sinfulness are not the ways to get yourself the job of president.
John Podhoretz

Yourself, Spiritual, Job

Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history.
John Podhoretz

History, Greatest, American

America is great not because it's a team. America is great because it is a nation whose founding documents elevated the rights of the individual.
John Podhoretz

Great, America, Team

America may be in a dour condition, but it is not going to elect a dour president.
John Podhoretz

May, America, President

Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going.
John Podhoretz

Understand, Direction, Himself

By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class.
John Podhoretz

Present, Tax, Class

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.
John Podhoretz

Lost, Song, Avoid

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.
John Podhoretz

Great, Political, Win

For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon.
John Podhoretz

Thinking, Himself, Republican

Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.
John Podhoretz

Politics, Good, Here

I don't feel alienated from American culture, but I understand people who do.
John Podhoretz

Understand, American, Culture

I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.
John Podhoretz

Making, Toward, Civility

I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.
John Podhoretz

City, Washington, Atmosphere

I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop.
John Podhoretz

Time, Someone, Run

Is victory sweet because your side wins - or is it really because the other side loses?
John Podhoretz

Victory, Sweet, Side

Let us now praise Barack Obama.
John Podhoretz

Praise, Obama, Barack

Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.
John Podhoretz

Critical, Restless, Gingrich

Newt Gingrich is a very intelligent man, if he says so himself.
John Podhoretz

Himself, Says, Gingrich

Newt Gingrich never received more than 100,000 votes in his life. He'll never be president.
John Podhoretz

Life, President, Votes

Obama is defining himself in a way that will destroy him.
John Podhoretz

Him, Himself, Destroy

Obama's claim is that he wants to give. The GOP is saying it wants to take.
John Podhoretz

Saying, Give, Wants

Obama's explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that's where Washington must step in and act.
John Podhoretz

Hurting, Public, Growth

Obama's presidency hasn't been dedicated to achieving economic growth in the short term, or about creating jobs.
John Podhoretz

Short, Growth, Economic

Obama's victory in November 2008 was a historic political accomplishment.
John Podhoretz

Political, Victory, Obama

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.
John Podhoretz

Change, Social, Reflection

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Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: April 18, 1961

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