Too often the past has been twisted to fit the visions and agendas of the present.

Experience trumps brilliance.

There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary.

To say the Constitution is living is to say that it's dead.

When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect?

One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.

Policies are judged by their consequences but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel.