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Quotes
An extensive archive of Bill Rusher’s quotes. The section is organized thematically, enabling readers to filter his thought by different themes that he discussed over the years.
NYT Op-Ed Liberalism
"The Op-Ed page of the New York Times … is allegedly intended to afford space for the expression of a large variety of views on public questions,...
Role of Rhetorical Devices
"Rhetorical devices are nothing to be ashamed of. On the contrary, they are indispensable tools serving … to enhance and enrich the plodding words...
Arguments from Consequence vs. Analogy
"The argument from consequences … tends on the whole to be somewhat weaker than the argument from analogy … precisely because it lacks the...
Hidden Motives in Arguing
"People often have other reasons for arguing: unacknowledged or even unconscious reasons that have little or nothing to do with “prevailing” or...
Politicians’ Courteous Self-Interest
"Politicians are characteristically most polite to people whose support they hope some day to get, not to those whose support they already have."...
Low Standards in Politicians
"Politicians are the grease on which society's wheels turn. And they can't be better, most of the time, than a sort of low competence and honor."...
Presidential Unpopularity Cycles
"Presidents wear out their welcome, and each president is denounced as the worst president we have ever had. I heard that about literally every...
How to Admit Mistakes
"No matter how competent an arguer may be, the time will inevitably come when he makes a mistake … Back away, quickly and completely. Do it...
Discomfort with Religious Right
"My own guess is that what makes the critics of the religious right obscurely uncomfortable about its views is not that it “tries to impose them on...
McCarthy’s Relentlessness
"Most politicians will agree with you and not mean a goddamn word of it." Source: If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the...
Nixon’s Political Dilemma
"It is a fact of human psychology that there are types of personalities simply incapable of participating in a collective effort, especially if that...