George Burns . . . The Only

If History Teaches Anything, It Teaches That Self-delusion In The Face Of Unpleasant Facts Is Folly.

But In The West Today, We See A Free World That Has Achieved A Level Of Prosperity And Well-being Unprecedented In All Human History. In The Communist World, We See Failure, Technological Backwardness, Declining Standards Of Health, Even Want Of The Most Basic Kind - Too Little Food. Even Today, The Soviet Union Still Cannot Feed Itself. After These Four Decades, Then, There Stands Before The Entire World One Great And Inescapable Conclusion: Freedom Leads To Prosperity. Freedom Replaces The Ancient Hatreds Among The Nations With Comity And Peace. Freedom Is The Victor.

Politics And Morality Are Inseparable. And As Morality's Foundation Is Religion, Religion And Politics Are Necessarily Related. We Need Religion As A Guide. We Need It Because We Are Imperfect, And Our Government Needs The Church, Because Only Those Humble Enough To Admit They're Sinners Can Bring To Democracy The Tolerance It Requires In Order To Survive.

I Do Not Want To Go Back To The Past; I Want To Go Back To The Past Way Of Facing The Future.

I Recently Learned Something Quite Interesting About Video Games. Many Young People Have Developed Incredible Hand, Eye, And Brain Coordination In Playing These Games. The Air Force Believes These Kids Will Be Our Outstanding Pilots Should They Fly Our Jets.