"It is a fact of human psychology that there are types of personalities simply incapable of participating in a collective effort, especially if that...
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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.
Limitations of Logic in Debate
"It is a rather pathetic thing to see a man of Nixon's stature … so tangled up in the complexities of his cork-screw course toward the Presidency...
Refusing Soviet Travel
"It is a waste of time to squander a lot of heavy logic on situations that are simply not designed to respond to purely logical treatment." Source:...
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...
Reforming Without Experience
"How can you have a reasonable agenda for redesigning the Environmental Protection Agency, when no conservative has ever served there? Reagan has...
Self-Reflection on Arguing
"I am a born interrupter—not, I hasten to say, because I want to be discourteous, but because my mind has raced ahead … to some crushing response...