The Most Critical Threat To Our Freedom

I Need Not To Be Afraid Of The Void. The Void Is Part Of My Person. I Need To Enter Consciously Into It. To Try To Escape From It Is To Try To Live A Lie. It Is Also To Cease To Be. My Acceptance Of Despair And Emptiness Constitutes My Being; To Have The Courage To Accept Despair Is To Be.

Ending Torture And Tyranny In Iraq Was Not A Mistake. Supporting Democracy In Iraq Is Not A Mistake. Helping The Long-suffering Muslims Of Iraq Who Now Seek To Live Democratically Is Not A Mistake. In The Long, Long History Of The Middle East, This Breakthrough May One Day Be Ranked As A Dramatic Turning Point In Regional History.

To Know Oneself Is To Disbelieve Utopia.

Individual Freedom Is A Jewish Idea, But It's One Of The Functions Of Christianity To Make This Idea Universal.

To Go Into A Competition And Not Strive To Win Is To Be A Dishonest Competitor.