“Our principles were revolutionary. We began as a small, weak republic. But we survived. Our example inspired others, imperfectly at times, but it inspired them nevertheless. This constitutional republic, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, prospered and grew strong. To this day, America is still the abiding alternative to tyranny. That is our purpose in the world - nothing more and nothing less.” MenWorldStillsAmericaPurposeStrongLibertyPrinciplesExampleGrewEqualWeakInspiredTyrannyAlternativesRevolutionaryThis DayRepublicDedicatedNeverthelessSurvivedPropositionsAbiding Author:Ronald Reagan
“There is no example on the planet of a successful economy with broadly shared prosperity and a shrinking, weak government.” GovernmentEconomySuccessfulExamplePlanetsWeakProsperityShrinkingWeak Government Author:William J. Clinton
“Does history warrant the conclusion that religion is necessary to morality - that a natural ethic is too weak to withstand the savagery that lurks under civilization and emerges in our dreams, crimes and wars? ... There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.” DoeWarDreamReligionNaturalMoralCrimeExampleMoralityCivilizationEthicsWeakAidsSignificantConclusionOur TimeOur DreamsMaintainingWarrantsSavageryMoral Life Book:The Lessons of History Source: The Lessons of History