I remember the youth movement in 1968. It started on American university campuses as a protest against the Vietnam war, then came to Paris, Frankfurt and Berlin. Within a year, you had an uprising of youth against their elders.

Particularly since the computerization of the world, the impact of media has grown enormously. The printed books and the printed media have become less important. Why should somebody read Laozi or Confucius if he can Google?

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take many small steps.

In a mass television democracy - which all of us nowadays have - it is impossible to take basic political decisions with long-term consequences without the public knowing it, without the public understanding at least some of it, without the public forming its judgment, heterogeneous as it may be.

Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.

In the 21st century, government efforts should focus on 'multiculturalism', including the diversity of languages.

Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty.

As citizens of the United States, we are stewards of this magnificent thing called democracy.