Quotes by John Podhoretz

About John Podhoretz:

John Mordecai Podhoretz is an American writer. He is the editor of Commentary magazine, columnist for the New York Post, the author of several books on politics, and a former presidential speechwriter.
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It has never made any sense to argue that, unique among the people of the world, Arabs are more concerned on a day-to-day basis about the treatment of people they don't know than they are about how they're going to put food on their own tables, or wh...

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Romney is right that the Obama vision is too centered on government. But his is too centered on the promotion of business and wealth creation at the expense of everything else.

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Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

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

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All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth.

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Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate.

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By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very lit...

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The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen.

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If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right's deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut.

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Obama has seen to the passage of the most radical legislation in recent American history and so-called 'progressives' should be thanking him for it - even as many of the rest of us rear in horror from its implications.

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Robots have a rich and storied history in movies.

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

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Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what, in some measures, was the most lopsided election in American history with 61 percent.

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The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden.

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While in Israel, Mitt Romney said something every sane person knows to be true: There is great cultural and political meaning in the fact that Israel has prospered while the Palestinians have festered.

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

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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.

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

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Romney is a good, intelligent, extraordinarily generous man who put on a great fight. But he didn't understand the country or the people he sought to lead, and that is why he lost.

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She needs to seem tough, and whatever Hillary's weaknesses, tough is a pretty good word to describe her.

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Author Bio

  • NameJohn Podhoretz
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornApril 18, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPundit; Author