We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend.

Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

You think Vietnam was bad? Vietnam is nothing next to Kosovo.

It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.