In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

What is the most effective, practical way of raising the wealth of nations? What causes wealth? I have come to think that the dream of democratic socialism is inferior to the dream of democratic capitalism, and that the latter's superiority in actual practice is undeniable.

In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.

Christians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant.

Unity in diversity is the highest possible attainment of a civilization, a testimony to the most noble possibilities of the human race. This attainment is made possible through passionate concern for choice, in an atmosphere of social trust.

In The Federalist, James Madison called the rage for equality 'a wicked project.' People differ and rewards differ-that's the essence of both liberty and justice. No nation that rewards effort, talent, inventiveness and luck can even pretend to cherish equal outcomes. In an inventive and dynamic society, equal (even relatively equal) incomes can be achieved only by abandoning liberty for tyranny.