"Anyone who clings to the historically untrue--and thoroughly immoral-- doctrine that 'violence never solves anything' I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The Ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more disputes in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms."
-Robert Heinlein

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A man who cannot defend himself is an invalid, worthy of pity and forbearance.
A man who will not defend himself is a parasite who exists at the expense of others who will.
A man who may not defend himself is a slave, doomed to bare existence at the pleasure of his masters.

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'She is clever, charming, articulate, fluent in French and, when occasion demands, flirtatious. More to the point, she is right.'

-Editorial on Condoleeza Rice in the London Daily Telegraph

They never gave Colin flowers!

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