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.

I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.

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

He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.

The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.

We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon ever invented - free enterprise

The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.