September 29, 2008

"The world still offers abundant challenges to our security and our ideals. But it is a world far more hospitable to our founding convictions than it was when America began to lead it. At the end of the cold war, Americans took time to congratulate ourselves for leading the world through a dangerous time. But we had yet to remember that we had a duty to move on and begin building a better one."
- John McCain, "Worth the Fighting For" (p 296)

March 16th, 2007

"God's answers to life's questions of origin, meaning, morality, and destiny are not just proven by the process of abstract reasoning, but are also sustained by the rigors of experience."
- Ravi Zacharias (www.rzim.org) "The Empirical Demonstration of Truth"

"In the radically changed security environment of the modern world, dealing with Iran and other countries that challenge the West requires a new strategic vision. Big powers instinctively try to keep their rivals from becoming strong. Today, however, strong states are no longer the real enemy; weak ones are. Strong states produce security, even if not always in ways the West likes. Weak states produce instability that hurts everyone, especially the United States."
- Stephen Kinzer, published originally in The Boston Globe (3/16/07)