“We may casually talk of all sorts of new programs and 'stimulus,' but the vast trillion-dollar collective national debt and rising annual deficits will insidiously hamstring almost everything we plan to do.” MayPlansProgramDollarsDebtRisingCollectivesDeficitStimulusAnnualsNational DebtHamstrings Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“Ancient wisdom: deal in personal trust; your word is your bond; avoid extremes; treat the money you invest for others as something sacred; don't take any more perks than you would wish others to take; don't borrow what you couldn't suddenly pay back; imagine the worse case financial scenario and expect it very may well happen; the wealthier you become the more humble you should act.” ShouldWellsMayHappensWishDealsPayCasesImagineTreatsSacredFinancialAncientHumbleExtremesScenariosPerksAncient Wisdom Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“The shutdown may have temporarily sidetracked the Republicans, yet Obamacare threatens much worse for the Democrats. By 2014 the former will be ancient history, while the latter will be an ongoing mess.” MayRepublicanDemocratAncientFormerMessLatterOngoingObamacareAncient History Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“The American people are not naifs who yearn for isolationism, but they are starting to ask some hard questions about the way we have been doing business for 50 years, and it may well be time to grant the French, Canadians, Germans, Turks, South Koreans, and a host of others their wishes for independence from us: polite friendship - but no alliances, no bases, no money, no trade concessions, and no more begging for the privilege of protecting them.” PeopleWayYearsWellsMayHas BeensHardAsksWishBasesIndependenceTradeSouthStartingPrivilegeGrantsHostPoliteAlliancesBeggingNo MoneyKoreanConcessionsIsolationismHard Questions Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“Victory may now require a level of force deemed objectionable by civilized peoples, meaning that some, for justifiable reasons, may be reluctant to pursue it. But victory has not become an ossified concept altogether.” MayReasonForceLevelsVictoryConceptsPursueCivilizedReluctant Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins of America are the sins of mankind, and that our remedies are so often exceptional, then it only earns transitory applause—and a more lasting contempt that we ourselves do not believe in the values we profess.” IfsBelieveMayDoneCharacterAmericaPastValuesSinMankindLastingContemptRemedyApologizingOur PastExceptionalApplauseTransitoryAmericanism Book:The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern Source: The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern
