All justice is inherently social. Can someone on a desert island be either just or unjust?

Those who wrote the Constitution clearly understood that power is dangerous and needs to be limited by being separated - separated not only into the three branches of the national government but also separated as between the whole national government, on the one hand, and the states and the people on the other.

High tax rates that people don't actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they do pay.

Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce their hostility to society, but only increases it. Far from producing gratitude, generosity is seen as an admission of guilt, and the reparations as inadequate compensations for injustices - leading to worsening behavior by the recipients.

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.

What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials.

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.