When President Obama in 2011 used military power against the Qaddafi regime in Libya, he did not even notify Congress. A few in Congress mumbled, but did nothing.

Every nation at the end of the day must fend for itself. Sometimes, it needs help. And Ukraine deserves all the help in the world.

Russia can never be an empire unless it is in control of Ukraine.

But there are realities governing what they can do. And Ukraine cannot live with the false image that somehow or another the West will come and rescue her. It's not going to happen.

U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to “declare war.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

Rolling torture wagons for nature's most dignified creature.

e quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" ("and thence we came forth to see again the stars")

I never imagined that so many days would ultimately make such a small life.

Never forget, son, when you represent Texas, always go first class.

Do you believe this is simply trickle-down Machiavellianism in much the same way that Communism trickled down as an aberration of its original intent?

We have to stop being defined by what we own, and start being defined by what we create.

God loves us too much to indulge our every whim.

Shall I refuse my dinner because I do not fully understand the process of digestion?