Central planning, judicial activism, and the nanny state all presume vastly more knowledge than any elite have ever possessed.

Just as members of American teachers unions often send their own children to private schools, so unionized workers at government-run hospitals in Britain have insurance that allows them to go to private hospitals. In both cases, those on the inside realize how bad these institutions are, regardless of what they say to those on the outside.

Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped.

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.

Not only is patriotism disdained, the very basis for pride in one's country and culture is systematically undermined in our educational institutions at all levels. The achievements of western civilization are buried in histories that portray every human sin found here as if they were peculiarities of the west.

One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole nations and empires - and the blind faith that such leaders can nevertheless inspire among the people who are enthralled by their words or their posturing.

I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.