Whether arrived at through reason or revelation… natural law is the highest law known to man. It is anchored in the very existential nature of man an… - Ilana Mercer

Self-government, and not imposed government, implies that society, and not The State, is to develop value systems. The State's role is to protect citizens as they go about their business peacefully, living in accordance with their peaceful values.

A silly society is a youth-obsessed society: To the Chinese, who appreciate the value of experience, the greater the ratio in a team of grey ‘hairs and no-hairs’ to ‘black hairs’—the faster and better a task will be completed. The opposite assumption obtains in the youth-obsessed U.S.

"Wars are generally a rich man's affair and a poor man's fight.”