"If you don't have a proper lavatory in your house, don't even think about marrying my daughter..."

The opinion of Americans regarding what government ought to be doing has changed.

People don't kill people, knives kill people.

To stop crime, we must hold the criminals responsible for their actions, not society.

How is it just to pass a law penalizing you for something you've already done?

True poverty is a lack of freedom to make your own choices.

AIG's troubles are not entirely their fault; paying the bonuses is actually in the taxpayers' best interest.

The taxpayers profit not only from paying the AIG bonuses, but from hoping that they're even bigger next year.

Our government is trying to regulate all risk out of our investment system. Unfortunately, the only way to get rid of risk is to get rid of profit.

American parents have had ultimate responsibility and ultimate authority to bring up their children. Government now claims ultimate authority over children.