"The speed with which armies collapse, bureaucracies abdicate, and social structures dissolve once the autocrat is rem…"

"Traditional autocrats leave in place existing allocations of wealth, power, status, and other re- sources which in mo…"

"Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world’s policeman; it should also have tau…"

"No idea holds greater sway in the minds of educated Americans that the belief that it is possible to democratize gove…"

"Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits [for democ…"

"And now, the American people, proud of our country, proud of our freedom, proud of ourselves, will reject the San Fra…"

"When our Marines, sent to Lebanon on a multinational peacekeeping mission with the consent of the United States Congr…"

"When Marxist dictators shoot their way into power in Central America, the San Francisco Democrats don't blame the gue…"

"Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of "entitlements", which are subject to no constraint…"

"Russia is playing chess, while we are playing Monopoly. The only question is whether they will checkmate us before we…"