Independence was achieved when America’s Founding Fathers chose to declare it.

We can choose to approach life as a grumbler or as a happy warrior.

Our property taxes will only go down when our local engagement goes up.

What was dimly glimpsed in 1215 was more fully fleshed out in 1776.

Strength is found not in diversity, but in unity.

The giants in the land can be defeated if we don’t give up.

Even in an age of text messages and emojis, real words on real paper matter more than ever.

If there is any place we should set aside our differing understandings of theology, it should be at the foot of the cross.

Many of our social and political problems can be attributed to idle busybodies.

Texans should no longer be forced to subsidize a corrupt money laundering scheme.

Make of it what you will, but the evidence is an empty tomb.

When creating barriers for God, we imprison only ourselves.

Liberty can only grow in the soil of self-governance tended to daily by zealous patriots.

Too many Texas Republicans have adopted the showmanship of Donald Trump without embracing his commitment to delivering on promises.

For liberty to thrive, citizens must know how to effectively sharpen each other to the benefit of our republic.

As a self-governing people, we must know our limits.

When people decide they are willing to lose everything rather than live as serfs, that is when tyrants quiver and fall.

We’re not called to lives of comfort and safety; we’re called to be faithful.

What is dead will be made alive!

Christians are called to engage for good and justice in the real world.

If you want to win, don’t use your opponents’ definitions.

Yes, evangelicals made a good deal in hiring Donald Trump.

Let us live not for recognition but for impact.

Don’t confuse the uniparty’s death rattle for a war cry.

The lack of political accountability has allowed cronyism and corruption to undermine our republic.

In the fandom culture of the 21st Century, we’re rewarded for misdirecting our zeal.

We exist to help you be more effective as a citizen.

If this republic conceived in liberty will long endure, it will only be because we—the people—are committed to the work of practical self-governance.

Rather than fill the closets of loved ones with more junk, we should proclaim the Good News of Christ.

Citizens set the agenda; failing to implement it is the fault of the politicians.

We want citizens to dominate culture and government.

Every generation must shrug the vestiges of socialism if we are truly thankful for liberty.

Those who deny the basic facts of Scripture are clinging blindly to a false faith.

What counts today is what we are striving for tomorrow.

Donald Trump knows the extent to which the alligators in the swamp will seek to unravel the agenda set by real Americans.