52 Charles Krauthammer Quotes for You to Enjoy

Charles Krauthammer

American Journalist

Born: Mar 13, 1950

Died: Jun 21, 2018

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Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians. Charles Krauthammer

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I was a Great Society liberal on domestic issues. People ask me, 'How do you go from Walter Mondale to Fox News?' The answer is, 'I was young once.' End of answer. Charles Krauthammer

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I believe in what I believe, and I think after all these years I've heard a lot of arguments, and I'm convinced by the superiority of the arguments that are made on the conservative side. I think that's a better way to run a society. Charles Krauthammer

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Life and consciousness are the two great mysteries. Actually, their substrates are the inanimate. And how do you get from neurons shooting around in the brain to the thought that pops up in your head and mine? There's something deeply mysterious about that. And if you're not struck by the mystery, I think you haven't thought about it. Charles Krauthammer

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You're betraying your whole life if you don't say what you think - and you don't say it honestly and bluntly. Charles Krauthammer

Life You Think Honestly Say Betraying Your Whole

The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment. Charles Krauthammer

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The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Rights Council: It transmits norms which are harmful, anti-liberty and anti-Semitic, among other things. The world would be better off in its absence. Charles Krauthammer

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Obama is a man of first-class intellect and first-class temperament. But his character remains highly suspect. Charles Krauthammer

Character Man Obama Temperament Remains Highly His Intellect Suspect

In the liberal remake of 'Casablanca,' the police captain comes upon the scene of the shooting and orders his men to 'round up the usual weapons.' It's always the weapon and never the shooter. Charles Krauthammer

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Baseball is a slow, boring, complex, cerebral game that doesn't lend itself to histrionics. You 'take in' a baseball game, something odd to say about a football or basketball game, with the clock running and the bodies flying. Charles Krauthammer

The one thing that's always been the center of my political thinking - and it goes back to when I was 19 and editor of my college paper - is an abhorrence of the extreme. Charles Krauthammer

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I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself. Charles Krauthammer

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The international community lies at the center of the Obama foreign policy. Unfortunately, it is a fiction. There is no such thing. Different countries have different histories, geographies, necessities, and interests. There's no natural, inherent, or enduring international community. Charles Krauthammer

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When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back. Charles Krauthammer

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I would say I see myself as a psychiatrist in remission. Charles Krauthammer

Myself Say Would See Remission Psychiatrist

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. Charles Krauthammer

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I'm a former Red Sox fan, now fully rehabilitated. Charles Krauthammer

Red Red Sox Sox Fan Former Fully Now

In the end, what brings civilizations down is when the elites lose confidence in the rightness of their cause. Charles Krauthammer

Confidence Cause Lose Down Civilizations End In The End Brings Elites

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix. Charles Krauthammer

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Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected. Charles Krauthammer

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