War On Poverty

“The stated goal of the War on Poverty was to bring poor people into the mainstream of the economy. In that effort, by any objective measure, the War on Poverty has been an abject failure, as it has increased dependency and largely severed the bottom fifth of income...

Statesmen & Politicians

“A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.” – Georges Pompidou

The Brake

praise without end the go-ahead zeal of whoever it was invented the wheel; but never a word for the poor soul’s sake that thought ahead, and invented the brake. – Howard Nemerov

Science & Stones

“Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.” – Henri Poincaré

Church-Hospital

“He saw the church as a well-designed, well-led, successful organization. But when I look at the church, I see a hospital full of people in various stages of dealing with the disease of sin.” – Paul David Tripp