Capitalism is the least romantic conception of a public order that the human mind has ever conceived. - Irving Kristol

The major political event of the twentieth century is the death of socialism.

It requires strength of character to act upon one's ideas; it requires no less strength of character to resist being seduced by them.

[T]he United States is unique among nations in being founded not on race, not on kinship, not on language, not on religion, but on political values. To be an American is to subscribe to these values. We are uniquely a political community, as distinct from an ethnic community, a religious community, a racial community, or any other kind.