To: Nova442
Great quote. If I am not mistaken, he also said something very close to: "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon our enemies".
10 posted on
04/02/2006 6:34:10 AM PDT by
Jacquerie
(Democrats soil institutions)
To: Jacquerie
That was, I believe, George Orwell.
15 posted on
04/02/2006 7:45:00 AM PDT by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: Jacquerie
Or you might consider
"We live in a great and free country only because our forefathers were willing to wage war rather than accept the peace that spells destruction."
--Teddy Roosevelt
19 posted on
04/02/2006 8:03:17 AM PDT by
Wil H
To: Jacquerie; oxcart; fanfan
Great quote. If I am not mistaken, he also said something very close to: "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon our enemies". That was by George Orwell, and he has an even a better quote than that:
"The pacifist is objectively pro-fascist."
23 posted on
04/02/2006 8:29:39 AM PDT by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~¦ IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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