Andrew Sullivan Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.”

“The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans.”

“The good news about me is that my friends and social network is entirely independent of politics.”

“There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.”

“I actually bought the argument that if we democratized Iraq, we could create a space for venting some of the stuff that's going on in the Middle East in these autocratic regimes that is expressing itself through jihadism, because it has nowhere else to express itself.”

“Well, in the past, the size of government was one of the more fundamental dividing lines between Right and Left. The Right was supposed to represent the small government philosophy - limited spending, low taxes. Obviously, things have shifted.”

“Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had to do it because of his father. He's much more comfortable in a private sector role and has, in fact, been much more successful in a private sector role, and I admire him for that.”

“When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, 'Then there's no hope for me, Mum.'”