The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.

The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.

People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must.

Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.

The less oil the world uses, the less important the region that has so much of it becomes.

The real threat to world stability is not too much American power. It is too little American power.

While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong.