One of the things we're all going to have to discover, establishment is just an abusive term for institutions. It's institutions that keep us free.

We've all been wrong- I certainly have- and we should thank those who set us right. Not always fun, but always best in the end.

I am a very conservative person. And there are a lot of things that Donald Trump's government or administration is doing that I might agree with. The point is we have to defend the rules of the game. And one of the things that has empowered Donald Trump is that not enough people are serious enough about defending the rules of the game, maybe because they don't understand how endangered those rules are.

That is the way successful countries, and Canada has been one of the most successful countries over the past quarter century, they operate. That when you win, you win within limits, when you lose, you accept the outcome.

The thing that sustains a strong Fox network is the thing that undermines a strong Republican party.

Yet when the hour of decision arrives, it turns out that many conservatives care as little as ever about administrative skill and executive accomplishment. Our party and our movement overwhelmingly respond to symbolic cues. Sarah Palin is exciting and appealing. But what kind of executive is she? None of us have even the remotest idea.

Democracy is not about protests. Democracy is about meetings.