While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied – and to some extent overshadowed – by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future. – John Podhoretz
Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and Americas leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him. – John Podhoretz
The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesnt sound kosher. Because it isnt. – John Podhoretz
The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power. – John Podhoretz
If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama. – William J. Clinton