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I still would say generally that more people have access [to] and take advantage of more diversity of opinion than was once .

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Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower.
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There's a sort of romanticizing of the past. When you actually think about the past, you know it's a little different.
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Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.
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These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have.
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It's been an unusual election [2016].
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Tax credits instead of a huge bureaucracy. This is the question for me.
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[Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'.... After all, we conservatives are on the side of the lords and barons.... We...are pulling up the drawbridge against the peasants.
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That's always been the case in America there's been a big spectrum in how much people are interested in American politics.
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Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.
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I don't think you want political parties that are entirely driven by some extremely doctrinal ideology.
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[the war in Iraq] could have terrifically good effects troughout the Middle East
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Political parties are complicated coalitions and aren't excessively theoretical.
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Obviously I think politics is interesting and important and educational.
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Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought.
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I'm disappointed, depressed, and demoralized. [...] It is very hard to avoid the conclusion that President Bush flinched from a fight on constitutional philosophy. Miers is undoubtedly a decent and competent person. But her selection will unavoidably be judged as reflecting a combination of cronyism and capitulation on the part of the president.
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[Donald Trump] will try to renegotiate the trade deals a little bit.
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If we free the people of Iraq, we will be respected in the Arab world... and I think we will be respected around the world.
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I'm happy to have interns at The Weekly Standard and happy to have readers of The Weekly Standard, but if you all tell me that you were busy reading Plato and [Lev] Tolstoy and playing violin in the orchestra, I'd say that was great. I wouldn't tell you to take time out from that to get involved in political journalism.
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Maybe one thing that has happened is that the claims of non-partisanship of the mainstream media have been a little bit exploded. Mostly I'd say what, if anything has caused the change, are just the obvious technological changes - proliferation of easier access to getting your opinions out and the proliferation of media.
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American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.
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