The best reason to diminish social programs is not to put more money in people's pockets but to put more responsibility in people's pockets.

The law functions as formal embodiment of a moral code, not as free-standing substitute for it.

[To] the progressive mind, the very concept of "the enemy" is obsolescent: there are no enemies, just friends whose grievances we haven't yet accommodated.

“Secretary of State Clinton dared Iran on Monday to let her hold a town-hall meeting in Tehran.” That’s telling ’em. If the ayatollahs had a sense of humor, they’d call her bluff.

Anything that shifts power from the individual judgment of free citizens to government is a bad thing.

Unchecked, government social programs are a security threat because they weaken the ultimate line of defense: the free-born citizen whose responsibilities are not subcontracted to the government.

Jesse Jackson's living depends on the maintenance of an African-American victim culture