Author Profile
Bret Stephens
1973 • American • Journalist
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Showing 60 quotesI am not sorry the CIA went to the edge of the law in the aftermath of 9/11 to prevent further mass-casualty attacks on the U.S.— Bret Stephens
I don't read 'Vanity Fair,' whose millionaire-fashionista-liberal shtick I find repellent.— Bret Stephens
Among the events of John McCain's five-and-a-half years of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam, probably the most heroic, and surely the most celebrated, was his refusal to accept an early release from his captors.— Bret Stephens
The Arab world's problems are a problem of the Arab mind, and the name for that problem is anti-Semitism.— Bret Stephens
It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity.— Bret Stephens
Before the word 'resignation' became a euphemism for being fired, it connoted a sense of public integrity and personal honor.— Bret Stephens
Demanding abrupt and expensive changes in public policy raises fair questions about ideological intentions.— Bret Stephens
The supposedly petty sexual harassment that so many women have to endure, from Hollywood studios to the factory floor at Ford, is a national outrage that needs to end. Period.— Bret Stephens
Every president inherits a mixed bag when he comes to office, and Obama's was hardly the worst.— Bret Stephens
Do I think police chiefs, many of which are African-American or Hispanic, wake up and say, 'Let's systemically oppress African-American communities?' No, I don't. Are there instances in which that happens? I'm sure there are.— Bret Stephens
What too many of Mr. Trump's supporters want is an American strongman, a president who will make the proverbial trains run on time.— Bret Stephens
Democrats should have learned in 2016 that what counts in American politics is location, not turnout.— Bret Stephens
I am sorry that Mr. Cheney, and every other supporter of enhanced interrogation techniques, has to defend the practices as if they were torture. They are not.— Bret Stephens
The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election Day.— Bret Stephens
Did you loathe and detest the Bush administration? If so, you'd probably say its ideas were horrible and their execution worse. Did you not loathe and detest the Bush administration? In that case, you might say its ideas were pretty good - only the execution often left something to be desired.— Bret Stephens