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Irving Kristol Quotes


An American columnist, journalist, and writer who was dubbed the "godfather of neoconservatism".
(1920 - 2009)


Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want.
[Success]

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

Even if we can't be happy, we must always be cheerful.
[Happiness]

It's hard to rise above poverty if society keeps deriding the human qualities that allow you to escape from it.
[Poverty]

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

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.