Irving Kristol Quote

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.


Foreign Affairs, July 1967.


An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.