The worshipper of the cross you and the West are doomed as you can see from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. … We will break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose head tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion or the sword.

Mujahedeen Shura Council
An umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq
Iraq al-Qaida says pope, West are doomed
[The Pope says Islam has a reputation for violence, the Muslim are insulted and express their displeasure with violence and threats of violence. The Religion of Peace has me convinced.–Joe]

I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion’s roar.

Winston Churchill
[And when will the people of the west as a whole realize we need to give the lion’s roar again?–Joe]

I am by no means sure that legalizing drugs would be a good policy, though there are some very good thinkers in the country who hold just that view. However, in view of the fact that the so-called drug war is used to justify the excesses of the federal ninja, it might be proposed that if we abolish the drug war, we could abolish the ninja too. The thing that keeps the drug trade going is the enormous amount of money involved. We must remember that both narcotics and stimulants were readily available over the counter during the Victorian period. We had very few junkies, and as far as I can tell, we had no ninja. One cannot turn the clock back, but we might give serious thought to some feasible means of turning it forward.

Jeff Cooper

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

John Stuart Mill
[This reminds me of the famous quote by Churchill.–Joe]

Today, America is fighting a war that is testing our Nation’s resolve. We are once again answering history’s call with confidence, and we know that freedom will prevail. Our brave men and women in uniform have stepped forward to fight our enemies abroad so that we do not have to face them here at home, and we are grateful for the courageous individuals bringing terrorists to justice around the world.

We are also confronting the extremists in the great ideological struggle of the 21st century. September the 11th made clear that, in the long run, the only way to secure our Nation is to advance liberty and democracy as the great alternatives to repression and radicalism. By working together with our friends and allies, we are helping spread the blessings of freedom and laying the foundations of peace for generations to come.

George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
September 7, 2006
Patriot Day 2006