"Only error needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."
Thomas Jefferson"War is peace, love is hate, truth is lies."
George Orwell
"If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care."
Nelson Mandella
"Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs."
P.J. O'Rourke
"We are engaged in a social, political, and cultural war. There's a lot of talk in America about pluralism. But the bottom line is somebody's values will prevail. And the winner gets the right to teach our children what to believe."
Gary Bauer, religious-right Family Research Council
"Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest," but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is."
Sydney J. Harris
Lots more to follow