Perhaps the most eloquent of the hard virtues is courage, the disposition to encounter adversity head-on and strive to overcome it.

Business is the real test of the moral life.

The free economy is not the enemy but the friend of social capital.

Faith engenders courage; and also requires it.

Leadership, in other words, is a matter of character, not goals.

When all benefits are promised by the state, nobody need feel grateful for them.

Myth: There's conflict between selfish free markets and a benevolent world of human sympathy.