Several quotes to ponder

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"Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others." --Alexander Hamilton

"The world's becoming a museum of socialist failures." --John Dos Passos

"The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly." --Theodore Roosevelt

"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong." --Calvin Coolidge

While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader. --Samuel Adams

"The elements of our strength are many. They include our democratic government, our economic system, our great natural resources. But, the basic source of our strength is spiritual. We believe in the dignity of man." --Jeane Kirkpatrick

"Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action." --Goethe

"Education never helped morals. The smarter the guy, the bigger the rascal." --Will Rogers

"If 5,000 Iraqi children were dying every month under Saddam, and we have now been in Iraq one year, it means that 60,000 children have been saved. That's a number worth remembering." --Helle Dale