Government should exist in order to help fortify the country and make those who are in need better able to meet their own.
If Obama's enormous symbolic power draws primarily from being the country's first black president, it also draws from his membership in hip-hop's foundational generation.
I yearn for the day when we'll return to the foundational value that makes this country great.
This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.
This country is a better place because Fox News has succeeded.
Progress is possible, but it is fragile - and across our country, the battles for our most basic civil rights rage on.
Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land.
What child has ever known the country and has not twined hundreds of fragrant wreaths with the yellow shining cowslip and the more frail and delicate violet - mingling here and there green leaves culled from the odorous eglantine, or, as we more commonly call it, sweetbriar.
We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else.
In so many areas, it is critical to our Nation's future that we restore and preserve in their full vigor our Founding principles. Not the least of these is the Framers' vision of a strong, independent Executive, chosen by the country as a whole.
I don't want to go negative on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but he didn't pass an economic deal in the first 100 days. We have passed the largest Recovery Act in the history of the country.
The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible.
France has had socialist presidents on and off since the 1920s, and it remains a free country. Socialists have ruled in many South American countries without ushering in disaster.
Australia is not a secular country. It is a free country. This is a nation where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose.
Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?
This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all allowed to have our opinions.
This is a free country, and to each their own.
The United States was built on the idea that we could create a free country that would serve as a haven for those fleeing persecution.
We live in a liberally free country founded by people who were liberal. They were beyond liberal - they were revolutionaries.
Freedom of religion is a fundamental Constitutional principle. It's a founding principle of this country.
