Children of men 2006 July 6

Children of men 2006

July 6, 200 Tis not, my country right or wrong; tis, my country, that which is right to be kept right, that which is wrong to be set right About the quote : from his senate remarks 2/29/ published in The Policy of Imperialism, Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz, vol. 6, pp. 11920 1 The biggest lesson I learned children of men 2006 Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. Senator James W. Fulbright War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality. National defense is the usual pretext for the policy of fleecing the people. About the children of men 2006 : US SenatorSC, lived from 1753-1824 Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly. Senator Robert M. La Follette Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely. Senator Robert M. La Follette If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent the war is on. Senator Robert M. La Follette In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation children of men 2006 war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war. Senator Robert M. La Follette The first casualty when war comes is the truth. The price of empire is Americas soul, and that price is too high. William Fulbright Ark. This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history. Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government. We first the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change. Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve. About the quote : Ebadi is Nobel Peace Laureate of Iran. This quote is excerpted from the 5/5/06 Washington Posts Diplomatic Dispatches, by Nora Boustany. Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock. A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.