A great nation betrayed the principles which have made it great, and thereby became hostage to hostage-takers.

One doesn't become a soldier in a week - it takes training, study and discipline. There is no question that the finest Army in the world is found in the United States.

That's one of the horrors of war, that you can train a person, train them to hate, train them to kill. It's a terrible thought.

I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties are now being called into question.

There is no such man as a one-person hero.

No times were more dangerous than when our country was born, when revolution was our midwife.

Americanism is not a matter of skin or color.

The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this.

I'm supposed to be a normal, sane type person, but after you go through war and such, you become superstitious. I am convinced that somebody is looking after me.

Little Maiden Encounters FearDeepest regions walked she therelittle maiden sweet and fairventured far from the pathnever a whispernever a laugh...

How grudging memory is, and how bitterly she clutches the raw material of her daily work.

When you live far away, home looks a little different every time.

You believe in a god that plays dice; I believe in law & order.

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

Over the past week, I’ve accepted that I will never love Julian as much as I loved Alex. But now that idea is overwhelming, like a wall between us. I will never love Julian like I love Alex.

Good jobs look a lot like kids playing and adults working.

Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.

To cease to love -- that is defeat.

I just want everybody to know, on a personal note, from me, sincerely, it was all his fault.