U.S. Pays the High Price of Empire

By Patrick J. Buchanan - September 20, 2001 As the twin towers of the World Trade Center came down in flames, taking 5,000 Americans with them, an unserious era in U.S. history came to an end. "All is changed, changed utterly," wrote poet W.B. Yeats. President Bush has now received full authority to wage war against all who abetted the slaughter. It must be done. Our American family cannot Continue reading...

Pat Buchanan Answers Questions on Foreign Policy

by Patrick J. Buchanan - December 16, 1999 Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington, DC Are sanctions ever justified? I've told folks I was out at the "battle of Seattle" for four or five days disguised as a sea turtle. And after it was over, I went down to Portland for a gathering there, and I went down to my favorite bookstore, Powell's, and got out a book called "The Continue reading...

Toward a More Moral Foreign Policy

by Patrick J. Buchanan - December 16, 1999 Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington, DC After seven years, this administration has yet to find the right formula for dealing with what we now call "the rogue nations." Five years of bribes to North Korea seem only to have whetted the hermit kingdom's appetite for more bribes. On the other hand, U.S. sanctions have failed to Continue reading...

A New Americanism

by Patrick J. Buchanan - November 22, 1999 The Cato Institute - Washington, DC Last month, the Senate rejected the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The U.S. nuclear arsenal that had deterred Stalin’s empire, the Senate said, must be regularly tested for reliability and to reduce the destructive power of these awesome and awful weapons. The Senate was right. But to an enraged President, Continue reading...

The New Patriotism

by Patrick J. Buchanan - October 11, 1999 Falls Church, Virginia Good morning. Today, I am ending my lifelong membership in the Republican Party, and my campaign for its nomination; and I am declaring my intention to seek the nomination of the Reform Party for the presidency of the United States. This decision was not made without anguish and regret. I will forever cherish the memory of Continue reading...

An Unnecessary War?

by Patrick J. Buchanan - October 11, 1999 The Washington Post In A Republic, Not An Empire, I take many controversial stands: Indicting Jefferson for naval disarmament, defending Polk's war with Mexico, decrying U.S. annexation of the Philippines, and supporting Harding's Washington naval treaty. But all has been trampled under by the hysterical reaction to two assertions: That Britain's Continue reading...

A Family Farm Bill Of Rights

by Patrick J. Buchanan - August 9, 1999 The Principle Group - Des Moines, Iowa For many Americans, these are the best of times. Unemployment and interest rates are low, prices are stable, and on Wall Street the bulls have been running wild. But not everyone is marching in the great parade of American prosperity. Look past those brimming silos and fields of corn, and you'll see a harvest of Continue reading...