Christopher Hitchens  - Quotes

 As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. There came a time, as the confrontation with the enemies of our civilization became more acute, when he sent off various applications to enlist in the armed forces. I didn't want to be involved in this decision either way, especially since I was being regularly taunted for not having 'sent' any of my children to fight in the wars of resistance that I supported. (As if I could 'send' anybody, let alone a grown-up and tough and smart young man: what moral imbeciles the 'anti-war' people have become.) 

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Christopher Hitchens  - Quotes

 There's a certain amount of ambiguity in my background, what with intermarriages and conversions, but under various readings of three codes which I don 

Benjamin Disraeli  - Quotes

 The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation. 

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Richard Lamm  - Quotes

 All we know about the new economic world tells us that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued its way to greatness.  

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