“[I]nstitutions are strong; it turns out you don't need a lot of sensible or even sane leadership in the White House.”

—  William Kristol

Interview with the Octavian Report https://octavianreport.com/article/william-kristol-fix-american-politics/2/ (2018)
2010s, 2018

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