"It is entirely proper to remove an employee from a government job if he is demonstrably a security risk, without requiring the government to prove...
Security vs. Rights in Government
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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.
Influence of Witness Book
"It is not too much to say … that Witness is the beginning of wisdom for those who would truly understand the problem of American Communism. It is...
Value of Overstatement
"It will often be desirable to understate one's point slightly, provided it is clear to the audience that it is being understated and the audience...
Preferring Foreign Policy
"I know very little about economics and dislike what little I know. Why not assign me to talk on some aspect of the Communism question?" Source: If...
Rusher’s Razor on the GOP
"I made up my mind years ago that salvation for America, if it is to come at all, will not take place through the medium of the Republican Party....
Intellectual Discomfort and Thinking
"I recently read … a little homily to the effect that, if a person makes us think we're thinking, we love him; but if he makes us think, we hate...
Accusing Opponents on TV
"I'll make a little date with you, Mr. Sorensen … we'll come back on this program and hear where and when National Review advocated racism, and...
Presidential Character Rarity
"If this is one of the truest indicia of character—a temperament so balanced and serene that it can almost command its environment—then character is...
Choose Substance Over Style
"If you ever have to choose between solid substance and mere flashy style, by all means choose the substance." Source: How to Win Arguments (1981)...
Generational Mandate
"In the great systole and diastole of events, we are about to witness … a profound surge forward and upward, deriving its impetus from ancient and...
The Bureaucracy’s Drift
"I guess it is inevitable that most posts in government will be filled by the type of seaweed that drifts in and out with the tides of politics."...
Political Hopefulness amid Doubt
"I honestly don't know whether there is still time to turn this country around, but I do know that the man America will elect on November 4th...