Conservatism is the worship of dead revolutions.

No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation.

In the end, the difference between Conservatism and Liberalism seems to be this: the Conservative thinks of liberty as something to be preserved, the Liberal thinks of it as something to be enlarged.

No form of government can survive that excludes dictatorship when the life of the nation is at stake.

The final greatness of the presidency lies in the truth that it is not just an office of incredible power but a breeding ground of indestructible myth.

Even if a government can be constitutional without being democratic, it cannot be democratic without being constitutional.

ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.

For every dream that you have, your week needs to match that dream.

power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.

Nobody wants to be the same as anybody else.

Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate. This country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.

Women's weapon, water-drops.

I've been gratified to see over the twenty or so years of my writing life the West become less of a colony of the East; maybe new technologies and too much travel undermine the idea of provinciality.

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.

The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.