In the battle for preserving sound social and moral norms, many religious institutions can no longer be counted as allies.

The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.

A weakened sense of responsibility does not weaken the fact of responsibility.

If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why they deserve both admiration and allegiance. Children must learn to identify the forms and content of those traits.

I do not suggest that you should not have an open mind ... but don't keep your mind so open that your brains fall out.

When we were attacked on Sept. 11, we knew the main reason for the attack was that Islamists hated our way of life, our virtues, our freedoms. What we never imagined was that the free press - an institution at the heart of those virtues and freedoms - would be among the first to surrender.

Home is a shelter from storms - all sorts of storms.