One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.

Conservatism is the politics of reality

One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians.

History is but the polemics of the victor.

I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

The largest cultural menace in America is the conformity of the intellectual cliques which, in education as well as the arts, are out to impose upon the nation their modish fads and fallacies, and have nearly succeeded in doing so. In this cultural issue, we are, without reservations, on the side of excellence (rather than "newness") and of honest intellectual combat (rather than conformity).