Bret Stephens : (7)

" ‘Character Doesn’t Count’ has become a de facto G.O.P. motto. ‘Virtue Doesn’t Matter’ might be another. But character does count, and virtue does matter, and Trump’s shortcomings prove it daily. " - Bret Stephens

" Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction. " - Bret Stephens

" Of course ABC and its parent company Disney were right to cancel the sitcom ‘Roseanne’ after its eponymous star, Roseanne Barr, wrote a racist tweet. " - 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

" Perhaps the reason Trump voters are so frequently the subject of caricature is that they so frequently conform to type. " - Bret Stephens

" The best scientific evidence suggests temperatures are rising, and the best scientific evidence suggests man-made anthropogenic carbon emissions have some substantial thing to do with that. However, does that mean the trend will continue forever? We don’t know. " - 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