“As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.”

“Just as there's garbage that pollutes the Potomac river, there is garbage polluting our culture. We need an Environmental Protection Agency to clean it up.”

“For Americans of the Greatest Generation that fought World War II and of the Silent Generation that came of age in the 1950s, the great moral and ideological cause was the Cold War. It gave purpose and clarity to our politics and foreign policy, and our lives.”

“Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.”

“The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body.”

“Stop exporting American jobs. Stop exporting American factories, and stop exporting American sovereignty and independence to global institutions like the World Trade Organization.”

“What kind of society have we become when children in a great city cannot rely on mothers or fathers for a bowl of cereal in the morning and a brown bag with a sandwich and apple in it for lunch?”

“Our elite believe in a new trinity of equality, democracy and diversity. Indeed, after the Cold War, we declared the spread of democracy worldwide to be our historic mission and national goal.”

“Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up.”

“The Bay of Pigs became a metaphor for feckless folly and failure.”

“As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.”