Whether manufactured by black, white, brown or yellow hands, a widget remains a widget – and it will be bought anywhere if the price and quality are right. The market is a more powerful and more reliable liberating force than government can ever be.

The battle for women's rights has largely been won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be gone forever. I hate those strident tones we hear from some Women's Libbers.

How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power.

In my view dictators do not surrender. They have to be well and truly defeated.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.

There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation.