Michael Crouch

“The old Democrat formula, ideally stated, was something like: a big welfare and regulatory state combined with an American military subordinated to big international alliances and treaty organizations.”
― Charlie Kirk, The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future

“As Politico put it, describing their own 2014 review of Trump’s predecessor, “The Obama administration has hired more than 70 previously registered lobbyists . . . and watched many officials circle through that revolving door, as Obama’s lobbying policy was weakened by major loopholes and a loss of focus over time. What’s more, the current laws around lobbying, which the administration measures were built on, simply ignore many instances observers would regard as lobbying—and the White House never pressed for changes to those laws.”
― Charlie Kirk, The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future

“Recall that our 2003 entry into Iraq was caused in part by our conviction that any conflict with Saddam Hussein would be as easily won and as quickly resolved as the repulsion of his army from Kuwait in 1991. Sixteen years after the second Iraq War began, we’re still picking up the pieces from that error in judgment. At some point the public has learned, but those in power haven’t. When we try to impose our way of life on others it has seldom worked. In the Middle East, it has yielded few benefits for the United States. Can anyone argue that the Middle East is better off today than it was prior to 2003?”
― Charlie Kirk, The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future

“When the noise of the current generation of pundits and analysts has long since faded away and historians assess the Trump presidency, I think they will see the broad strokes that his critics wish to deny. They will see the love of country, the defense of freedom, and the irreverence toward the false pieties of our day (and the elites who peddle them). They will also see a record of promises kept, after decades of Americans passively and glumly accepting that politics is all lies and false hopes.”
― Charlie Kirk, The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future