It is quite sad, to me, that that ideal, that vision and understanding [of American founding ], doesn't seem to be a part of the current political se….

Which founders have these presidents cited - and why? What did, say, President [Ronald] Reagan's view of George Washington, or President [Bill] Clint….

President Bush, yes, spent money like a drunken sailor, and left the nation with a record $400-billion deficit. President Obama, however, is spending….

Reagan thought that school prayer was important because it was crucial to begin each day reminding students that their inalienable rights came to the….

In part, it's almost surely a failure of modern education, whether K through 12 or higher education, or really both. Barack Obama went to Ivy League ….

[ Alexis de] Tocqueville said it in 1835, and it's as true today as it was then: 'Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. Religion is….

[John] McCain references favorite presidents like Teddy Roosevelt. Hillary cited Eleanor Roosevelt..

Learning is a good thing, but unless it's tempered by faith and a love of freedom, it can be very dangerous indeed..

As has been reported, and is unmistakably evident to all but the most naïve, federal employees have been ordered to exploit this crisis, to make the ….

Reagan didn't want to wear his faith on his sleeve in a political way. Reagan thought that was egregious, and he was first turned off by it in the 19….

Freedom cannot exist alone..

Maybe the most interesting find in my research is that it is clear that Ronald Reagan, among all modern presidents, plainly rediscovered the founders..

If our presidents, or potential presidents, don't know this or don't articulate [an America ideal], that's a blown opportunity. The president can tea….

Colleges need learning, faith, and freedom. Each reinforces the others, each makes the others possible. For what are they without each other?.

Frankly, neither president [Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter] was an inspiring figure; so, maybe their lack of inspiration by the founders shouldn't surp….

Many of these failures can be laid at the feet of the awful state of American higher education, and especially the way in which our secular universit….

Issues are important, yes, but issues come and go. America as an ideal is timeless..

[Ronald Reagan] called the image of [George] Washington praying on his knees in Valley Forge "the most sublime image in American history.".

Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents..

I was a child or didn't live through those presidents prior to [Ronald] Reagan, and thus didn't realize how little attention they had paid to the fou….

When [Jimmy] Carter did quote them, he quoted them in what I believe were misapplications, such as arguing for the creation of a federal Department o….