Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.

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The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They...

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They...

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves -...

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves -...

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of...

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of...

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times,...

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times,...

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people...

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people...

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government...

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government...

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a...

Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a...

Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If...

Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If...

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

As bad as we sometimes think our government is run, it is the best run...

As bad as we sometimes think our government is run, it is the best run...

The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal...

The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal...

I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in...

I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...