The Purpose Of Life Is

Too Often We Honor Swagger And Bluster And The Wielders Of Force; Too Often We Excuse Those Who Are Willing To Build Their Own Lives On The Shattered Dreams Of Others.

At The Heart Of That Western Freedom And Democracy Is The Belief That The Individual Man...is The Touchstone Of Value, And All Society, All Groups, And States, Exist For That Person's Benefit. Therefore The Enlargement Of Liberty For Individual Human Beings Must Be The Supreme Goal And The Abiding Practice Of Any Western Society.

Always Forgive Your Enemies, But Never Forget Their Names.

Our Future May Lie Beyond Our Vision, But It Is Not Completely Beyond Our Control. It Is The Shaping Impulse Of America That Neither Fate Nor Nature Nor The Irresistible Tides Of History, But The Work Of Our Own Hands, Matched To Reason And Principle.

Let Us Dedicate Ourselves To What The Greeks Wrote So Many Years Ago: To Tame The Savageness Of Man And Make Gentle The Life Of This World.