We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won

We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money.

We have not inherited an easy world. If developments like the Industrial revolution, which began here in England, and the gifts of science and technology have made life much easier for us, they have also made it more dangerous.

I remain California-bound

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

People don't start wars, governments do.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.