The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a life of aimless diversion.

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.

Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.