I don't see evidence of America being a poorer country than it was 20 years ago. I've seen impoverished devastation. I've seen places where things had been good and now they were very bad.

The preamble to the Constitution states: "We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare..." It doesn't say "guarantee the general welfare." And it certainly doesn't say "give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV".

France in August when you can travel through the entire country without encountering a single pesky Frenchman or being bothered with anything that's open for business.

Everybody in 15th century Spain was wrong about where China was and as a result, Columbus discovered Caribbean vacations.

That doesn't mean that you should just sit back and just let accidents happen to you. No, you have to go out and cause them yourself. That way you're in control of the situation.

We had a choice between Democrats who couldn't learn from the past and Republicans who couldn't stop living in it.

Those who do not know history are probably also not doing well in English or math. P.J. O'Rourke