Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.

Some who call themselves realists question whether the spread of democracy in the Middle East should be any concern of ours. But the realists in this case have lost contact with a fundamental reality: America has always been less secure when freedom is in retreat; America is always more secure when freedom is on the march.

Each of us will figure out our own way.

One principle is the universality of freedom. I'm a freedom lover.

After all, religion has been around a lot longer than Darwinism.

The world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership.

The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.