Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.

The federal government's most useful role is not to rush into a program of excessive increases in public expenditures, but to expand the incentives and opportunities for private expenditures.

It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

When power corrupts, poetry cleanses

A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.