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Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic — or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.

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It was a new kind of class war — the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public sector.

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There is nothing like a parade to elicit the proper respect for the military from the populace.

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After all, if you believe that no one was ever corrupted by a book, you also have to believe that no one was ever improved by a book (or a play or a movie). You have to believe, in other words, that all art is morally trivial and that, consequently, all education is morally irrelevant. No one, not even a university professor, really believes that.

Irving Kristol

Irving Kristol

Irving Kristol

Born: January 22, 1920

Died: September 18, 2009 (aged 89)

Bio: Irving Kristol was an American columnist, journalist, and writer who was dubbed the "godfather of neo-conservatism.

Known for:

Two cheers for capitalism (1978)
On the democratic idea in America (1972)
On Jews and Judaism

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