I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president. John Kerry, speech in New York, August 24, 2004

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. George W. Bush, September 20, 2001

We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness. And the surest way to avoid attacks on our own people is to engage the enemy...

I believe that God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom. And even when that desire is crushed by tyranny for decades, it will rise again. George W. Bush, State of the Union...

We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real? Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1953

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment. R. Buckminster Fuller, Interview, April 30, 1978

I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up. Dean Martin

A divine falsehood is more powerful than any human truth. Michael Bakunin, God and State