We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea that serves as the touchstone of what it means to be an American. This America is the only America that we have hitherto known - if being conservative has anything to do with conserving the principles of our past, then no conservative has any business bashing legal immigration.

When democratic governments create economic calamity, free markets get the blame.

Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.

I think Bush understands the Internet and the incredible expansion of global e-commerce.

There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.

Quarterbacks are always ready.

Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.