Bill Kristol

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Bill Kristol @BillKristol

2. This ditty was a favorite of Pat Moynihan's, which I recall him quoting often in 1976, when I worked for his NY Senate campaign in the summer and served as a teaching assistant of his in the fall (yes, Pat taught a lecture course at Harvard while running for the Senate). — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 11, 2022

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1. "It brings to mind a famous French rhyme from a 19th century burlesque song: Cet animal est très méchant; Quand on l’attaque, il se défend. Which Nabokov once translated as: This beast is very mean: in fact, It will fight back, when it’s attacked." https://t.co/Wo7v2lKtP9 — PolitiTweet.org

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3. I don't know whether he ever quoted it in a published article. But as I recall, he would cite it to make two points: a) A foreign policy point. The U.S. would take a certain amount of abuse without complaining (say, at the UN)--but at some point would and should fight back. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 11, 2022