Irving Kristol
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"Irving Kristol" was an American columnist, journalist, and writer who was dubbed the "godfather of neo-conservatism." As the founder, editor, and contributor to various magazines, he played an influential role in the intellectual and political culture of the last half-century; after his death he was described by The Daily Telegraph as being "perhaps the most consequential public intellectual of the latter half of the 20th century."

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The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods.

No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals.

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters in life begin when you get what you want.

The Neoconservative Persuasion .

You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had one very big idea and one very big commitment. This permitted them to create something. Those are the ones who leave a legacy.