"Politics is the relationship between the individual and the State. And it is this relationship we humans have been struggling to get right for thousands of years. We've tried everything -- kingdoms, empires, left-wing dictatorships, right-wing dictatorships, socialist models, models based on religion, and all sorts of democracies and republics.

When our country's constitution went into effect in 1788, the U.S. established a relationship between the individual and the State that was unique in history: the individual was in charge, the State would serve the individual, and there would be an arm's-length distance between the two. It is this unique relationship that propelled the U.S. into becoming the strongest, richest, freest, and most opportunity-oriented country the world has ever known."

-Herbert E. Meyer