"The basic law of politics is that unanticipated consequences are always more important than the anticipated consequences of your actions"

Irving Kristol. The neoconservative persuasion

"(Tacitus) condemned those who opposed the regim, for he saw no alternative to it and they only worsened matters; and condemned too those who supported it, for it was base"

Irving Kristol

"The Stateman who tries to substitute abstract deduction for prudent judgement is not long for this world"

Irving Kristol. Neoconservatism, the autobiography of an idea

"All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling," wrote Oscar Wilde, and I would like to suggest that the same can be said for bad politics. . . .

Irving Kristol