"There are those who condemn noninterventionists...."

"There are those who condemn noninterventionists for being insufficiently ambitious, for their unwillingness to embrace "national greatness" - as if a nation's greatness could be measured according to any calculus other than the virtues of its people and the excellence of its institutions.  These critics should have the honesty to condemn the Founding Fathers for the same defect.  They wouldn't dare.  But it would be refreshing to hear it stated in so many words: our current political class is blessed with historic genius, and Jefferson, Washington, and Madison were contemptible fools." -Page 14 of The Revolution, A Manifesto