Irving Kristol Quotes and Sayings

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

— Irving Kristol on equality
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People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

— Irving Kristol on crucial
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Somehow, the fact that more poor people are on welfare, receiving more generous payments, does not seem to have made this country a nice place to live - not even for the poor on welfare, whose condition seems not noticeably better than when they were poor and off welfare. Something appears to have gone wrong; a liberal and compassionate social policy has bred all sorts of unanticipated and perverse consequences.

— Irving Kristol on welfare
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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions -- it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

— Irving Kristol on democracy
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You have to know one big thing and stick with it.
The leaders who had one very big idea and one very big commitment. This permitted them to create something. Those are the ones who leave a legacy.

— Irving Kristol on big
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About Irving Kristol

Name	Irving Kristol
Quotes	5 quotations
Nationality	American
Profession	Editor
Birthday	October 16
About	American columnist, journalist, and writer who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism".As the founder, editor, and contributor to various magazines, he played an influential role in the intellectual and political culture of the last half-century.
Top topics	opportunity, place, democracy, conditions, guarantees