The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism.

The biggest battle in life is with yourself

The greatest hope most Americans - including Republicans - had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person as the country's president would reduce, if not come close to eliminating, the racial tensions that have plagued America for generations.

Liberalism means well, but it destroys

The more the state gives to its citizens, the less they have to earn. That is the basic concept of the welfare state - you receive almost everything you need without having to earn any of it. About half of Americans now pay no federal income tax - but they receive all government benefits just as if they had paid for, i.e., earned them.

There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are.

Every Left-wing hysteria of my lifetime has turned out to be untrue. Every single one