Things that can't go on forever, won't. Debts that can't be paid, won't be.

One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low.

Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays.

Government, we are sometimes told, is just another word for things we choose to do together. Like a lot of things politicians say, this sounds good. And, also like a lot of things politicians say, it isn't the least bit true. Many of the things government does, we don't choose. Many of the things we choose, government doesn't do. And whatever gets done, we're not the ones doing it. And those who are doing it often interpret their mandates selfishly.

You can't be halfhearted in a revolution. Values that serve well in a civil society don't work in a state of nature.

Let's be honest: Kerry has no idea what it is to be even a middle-class white in this country.

The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure a body of armed citizenry from which a militia could be drawn, whether that militia's role was to protect the nation, or to protect the people from a tyrannical government.