“(S)ooner or later, even (Vladimir) Putin's own citizens will begin to question what Russia stands for under its current president.”
— Judy Dempsey, writing in Strategic Europe.
“JFK understood that high tax rates, even on the rich, bring inequities into the nation's political economy that do not befit America's traditions of liberty and constitutional rule. He also understood that devaluing tax preferences, as tax cuts do, frees up capital to move to its most naturally productive purpose and spur economic growth.”
— CNBC's Larry Kudlow and Brian Domitrovic, chairman of the history department at Sam Houston State University, writing in The Wall Street Journal.
“More government, more hobbles for private enterprise.”
— From a Washington Times editorial on President Obama's proposed fiscal 2015 budget.
“America has more guns in private hands than ever before, even as crime rates fall and, after a half-century or so of anti-gun hysteria, the nation seems to be reverting to its generally gun-friendly traditions.”
— Glenn Harlan Reynolds, a University of Tennessee law professor, writing in USA Today.
“Foreign assistance brought an expensive way of life to Afghanistan. This way of life is not sustainable. Afghanistan has to live by its means.”
— Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, from an interview with The Washington Post.
