Dave's Quote of the Day

Reblogged from The Constitution Club:

"The United States and indeed all of what used to be called Christendom is under siege. Pericles was right: The open society depends upon the interdiction of forces calculated to destroy it. 9/11 was a salvo in “a war to reverse the triumph of the West." the illusion that the world is basically a benevolent, freedom-loving place, and that if only other people had enough education, safe sex, and access to National Public Radio, they would become pacific celebrants of democracy and tolerance.

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I would only add my favorite quote from Plato: "Only the dead have seen the end of war."