Jim Wade

“The essence of foreign policy, is deciding which son of a bitch to support -in 1941, Hitler or Stalin; in 1972, Brezhnev or Mao; in 1979, Somoza or Ortega. One has to choose. A blanket anti-son of a bitch policy, like a blanket anti-ethnic cleansing policy, is soothing, satisfying and empty. It is not a policy at all but righteous self-delusion.”
― Charles Krauthammer

“Politics is the moat, the walls, beyond which lie the barbarians. Fail to keep them at bay, and everything burns.”
― Charles Krauthammer, Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics

“Don't touch my junk, you airport security goon--my package belongs to no one but me, and do you really think I'm a Nigerian nut job preparing for my 72-virgin orgy by blowing my johnson to kingdom come?”
― Charles Krauthammer, Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics

“The trouble when people stop believing in God is not that they thereafter believe in nothing; it is that they thereafter believe in anything. In this century, 'anything' has included Hitler, Stalin and Mao, authors of the great genocidal madnesses of our time.”
― Charles Krauthammer