Donald Trump understands sense of belonging. And a lot of people think globalization, any time you make any particularity, you're sort of offending some other group. And a lot of people in this country think they belong to America anymore, and he at least appeals to some sense of belonging. I like the idea that we belong to Western traditions, so I'm glad he appeals to that sort of thing.

Most poverty and suffering - whether in a country, a family or a person - flows from disorganization. A stable social order is an artificial accomplishment, the result of an accumulation of habits, hectoring, moral stricture and physical coercion. Once order is dissolved, it takes hard measures to restore it

It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most.

That is the job of the Catholic Church, to be a balance to the materialistic drives of our culture and of economy.

If I had to fault President [Barack] Obama, I would say that sometimes governs like a visitor from a morally superior civilization.

We actually have to have a government. We have to have people confirmed and put into office.

When you get a big crisis, everyone wants somebody with some experience and some credibility.