When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.

Eternal vigilance is only part of the price of freedom. The maturity to live with imperfections is another crucial part of the price of freedom.

Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last.

Envy plus rhetoric equals "social justice.".

The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation.

Most people who read "The Communist Manifesto" probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of "the workers". Thomas Sowell .

Government central planning means over-riding other people's plans.