“The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the…

“What is the most radical element of the Constitution? There are those who reckon it is the fact that the Constitution was written down. . . . Why did America…

by George Landrith and Peter Roff As a candidate for president, Barack Obama promised to lead the most open, most transparent administration in history. He has not kept that promise.…

“The problem now is that there are not enough millionaires and billionaires to make up for the shortfall. And if interest rates rise just a bit, the debt will bury…

“There is great anger that Obama could force higher tax rates on small businesses simply by saying no.” by Grover Norquist The 2001 and 2003 “Bush tax cuts” were enacted…

“Our party speaks for human freedom, for the sweep of liberties that are at the core of our existence. . . . Together we’ve fought for causes we love. But…

“Our fellow citizens the blessings which they have a right to expect from a free, efficient, and equal government.” January 8, 1790 (223 years ago today) [Excerpts] by George Washington…

“If I may even flatter myself, that [these counsels] may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury…

“What the world has not come to grips with is that the Great American Experiment is still going on. It’s the quintessential revolution of the world. . . .” by…

“The Colonists have been branded with the odious names of traitors and rebels only for complaining of their grievances. How long such treatment will or ought to be borne, is…

“People change behavior in response to taxes, raising them can result in getting less revenue.” by Larry Elder Ah, the hypocrisy of tax-hikers who do everything they can to avoid…

“You cannot create a desert, hand a person a cup of water, and call that compassion. . . . And you cannot build up years of dependence on government and dare…

“In Eastern Europe and around the world, memorials, boulevards, and plazas are renamed for Ronald Reagan — because they see him as their liberator.” by George Landrith Presidential greatness is…

“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted…

“The genius of ‘Lincoln,’ finally, lies in its vision of politics as a noble, sometimes clumsy dialectic of the exalted and the mundane. Our habit of argument, someone said recently,…