"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." --Nelson Mandela

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.

"L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (What is essential is invisible to the eye.) --Saint Exupery, "The Little Prince."

One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."
-Gandhi

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
-Dolores Ibarruri

"If man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."
-Martin Luther King

While this quote is directed at those who underestimate Bush and consider him stupid...

"The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them."
-William Clayton

And for those who're clamoring for hasty military action...

"Beware the fury of a patient man."
-John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, 1681

" War should be long in preparing, in order that you may conquer the more quickly . "
-Publilius Syrus