The criterion for racism is either objective or it’s meaningless: If liberals get to decide for themselves who is or isn’t a racist according to their political lights, conservatives will be within their rights to ignore them. Bret Stephens Read Quote
Countries we love will inevitably do things we don’t like or fail to understand. The same goes for people. Bret Stephens Read Quote
We elected Donald J. Trump to keep us jittery and entertained. He’s delivered. Bret Stephens Read Quote
The American tradition rests on pillars of self-questioning, self-actualization, and disagreement. Bret Stephens Read Quote
I’m simply here to say guns should be owned by responsible people, and there should be high tests and a high bar to prove your responsibility. Bret Stephens Read Quote
It’s easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of ‘American greatness.’ It’s also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity. Bret Stephens Read Quote
The American birthright belongs, potentially, to everyone. This is unprecedented. Other countries accept migrants on the basis of economic necessity or as a humanitarian gesture. Only in America is it the direct consequence of our foundational ideals. Bret Stephens Read Quote
Among the events of John McCain’s five-and-a-half years of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam, probably the most heroic, and surely the most celebrated, was his refusal to accept an early release from his captors. Bret Stephens Read Quote
In the scale of American blunders – from the Dred Scott decision to the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s to the tragedy of Vietnam – is the Trump presidency really unique? Bret Stephens Read Quote
Donald Trump’s more sophisticated defenders have long since mastered the art of pretending that the only thing that matters with his presidency is what it does, not what he says. Bret Stephens Read Quote
