A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far.

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one's virtues in a vigorous way.

The past always seems somehow more golden, more serious, than the present. We tend to forget the partisanship of yesteryear, preferring to re-imagine our history as a sure and steady march toward greatness.

Like the Bible-a document that often contradicts itself and from which one can construct sharply different arguments-theology is the product of human hands and hearts.

There is nothing new under the sun.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.