Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them.
Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall.
The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness.
One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it.
If there ever was a militant religion it was that of early New England.
There is no reason to repeat bad history.
There were various turning points, but the main one at the beginning was...
Look into the heavens and say, “It’s my turn to make history.