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Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy.

~Charles Krauthammer

Topics: Bad Bad Guy Bomb Captured Case Choice Circumstances Could Easy Evil Except First Guy He Information Innocent Life Possesses Refuses Save Stake Ticking Time Time Bomb Torture Two You

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Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.

~Charles Krauthammer

Topics: Alcohol Chess Control Could Game Home Like Little Me Monday Monday Night Night Online Overwhelm Play Regular

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Trump is a systemic stress test.

~Charles Krauthammer

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I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history.

~Charles Krauthammer

Topics: Affairs Going Got History Know Master Policy Think World You I Think

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Longevity, for a columnist, is a simple proposition: Once you start, you don't stop. You do it until you die or can no longer put a sentence together. It has always been my intention to die at my desk, although my most cherished ambition is to outlive the estate tax.

~Charles Krauthammer

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In the end, what brings civilizations down is when the elites lose confidence in the rightness of their cause.

~Charles Krauthammer

Topics: Brings Cause Civilizations Confidence Down Elites End In The End Lose

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Life and consciousness are the two great mysteries. Actually, their substrates are the inanimate. And how do you get from neurons shooting around in the brain to the thought that pops up in your head and mine? There's something deeply mysterious about that. And if you're not struck by the mystery, I think you haven't thought about it.

~Charles Krauthammer

Topics: About Actually Around Brain Consciousness Deeply Get Great Head How Inanimate Life Mine Mysteries Mysterious Mystery Neurons Pops Shooting Something Struck Think Thought Two Up You Your I Think

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Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.

~Charles Krauthammer

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This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill thousands of innocents while they kill themselves are not cowards. They are deadly vicious warriors and need to be treated as such.

~Charles Krauthammer

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I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself.

~Charles Krauthammer

Topics: Den Going Liberal Lion Mind Test Where You Yourself

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: March 13th, 1950

Died: June 21st, 2018

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