The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
“Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy.”
“Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today.”