What rules the world is idea, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.

The liberal paradigm of regulation and license has led to a society where an 18-year-old girl has the right to public fornication in a pornographic movie - but only if she is paid the minimum wage.

In comparison to the French Revolution, the American Revolution has come to seem a parochial and rather dull event. This, despitethe fact that the American Revolution was successful--realizing the purposes of the revolutionaries and establishing a durable political regime--while the French Revolution was a resounding failure, devouring its own children and leading to an imperial despotism, followed by an eventual restoration of the monarchy.

The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods

What rules the world is idea, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.

Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic - or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.