Trust the people -- that is the crucial lesson of history.

Double - no, triple - our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.

Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest.

Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.' But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector.

If we don't want to see the map of Central America covered in a sea of red, eventually lapping at our own borders, we must act now.