Political Quotes

“Six decades ago, Sir Winston Churchill wrote words that are just as salient today as they were then: ``Civilization will not last,'' he wrote, ``freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them.'' Mounting that defense requires leadership. Freedom will not be defended without leadership. Human decency will not be defended without leadership. America was attacked yesterday because of what she is and because of what she stands for. America must now take the lead in rallying the forces necessary to defeat terrorism throughout the world. It was something that came from below, from that corner of hell where the most wicked sentiments in the human heart fester. Is it possible to imagine that, confronted with evil of this magnitude humanity, or at least Churchill's very large majority of humanity, will unite to defeat the common enemy? We must hope so. But we must also act, for American leadership is essential in gathering the friends of civilization to the common defense.”