John Podhoretz Quotes & Sayings

“Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.”

“Aside from being bad sportsmanship - Romney basically said Obama won by cheating - he was displaying the same obtuseness about the wants and needs of ordinary people that did more to torpedo his campaign than any goodies Obama might have had to dole out.”

“Christopher Nolan's astounding third Batman feature, 'The Dark Knight Rises,' represents the true maturation of the superhero movie - and provides the key to understanding the bottomless craving moviegoers have for these films, 34 years after the Christopher Reeve Superman gave birth to the genre.”

“Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.”

“Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.”

“You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power.”

“Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.”

“America is great not because it's a team. America is great because it is a nation whose founding documents elevated the rights of the individual.”

“Obama is talking to voters as though he is their boss, or their principal, or their father. He is not any of those things. He is their employee. And employers don't like it when their employees yell at them - even if their employees have it right.”

“The Middle East Media Research Institute has spent decades detailing the diseased messages emanating from Palestinian TV and textbooks, instructing children in the glories of suicide terrorism against innocent Israelis.”