Quote-a-palooza
"The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite, and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to which the care of it is committed." - Alexander Hamilton
"You know that minor deal about catching those guys who wanted to blow up JFK Airport? The New York Times decided it was not worthy of front page coverage in its Sunday editions. Nor the second page, nor the third. The NY Times, in what can only be described as editorializing by placement, put it on page THIRTY, the page after the obituaries and the page before the chess column." - Rich Galen
"How many of the 12-20 million illegal aliens will decide it's better to keep the status quo than go through the hassles of getting a Z Visa? It will likely be millions." - Bobby Eberle
"[P]references vividly demonstrate liberalism's core conviction that government's duty is not to allow social change but to drive change in the direction the government chooses. Conservatism argues that the essence of constitutional government involves constraining the state in order to allow society ample scope to spontaneously take unplanned paths." - George Will
"It's like the American people are waiting for [the GOP]. They're waiting for us to remember why we're doing what we're doing, about the ideas that inspired us, to remember who the leaders were that inspired us." - Fred Thompson
"There is no question that we have failed to live up to the dreams of the founding fathers many times and in many places."- Ronald Reagan
"We have a leader, a real leader, a great Commander in Chief: President Ronald Reagan. And in your hearts, you know he's right."- Barry Goldwater
"One reason the Republican Party seems so shallow since the departure of Ronald Reagan is that it has largely abandoned the nationalist impulse... the GOP no longer speaks persuasively about a national destiny."- David Brooks
"Ronald Reagan had strong convictions. He was committed to the principles that had led to the founding of our nation. And he had the courage to follow his convictions against all odds."- Ed Meese
"The crisis we are facing today [requires] our best effort, and our willingness to believe in ourselves, and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds; to believe that together, with God's help, we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us. And after all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans."- Ronald Reagan
"Getting shot hurts."- Ronald Reagan
"This [immigration] rhetoric reached comic absurdity when CNN interviewed Chuy Arias of Los Angeles. He said on camera that he has been here illegally for 12 years...CNN's reporter said Arias was eager to ‘come out of the shadows.' So, Arias can simultaneously be ‘in the shadows' and discussing his illegal status on worldwide television. Who knew?"- George Will