“The West in general should stand up more for its own values. It is not always worthwhile to compromise.”

“Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it...--Eriond”

“The evidence, unfortunately, is that the West is not even remotely interested in mounting a defense of its values in the face of Muslim fanaticism. Worse, there are signs that the West is even prepared to sacrifice some of its core values in order to appease those who have always despised these values.”

“Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.”

“People don’t always value life, even their own, as much as they should.”

“The life of West, Nietzsche said, is based on Christianity. The values of the West are based on Christianity. Some of these values seem to have taken a life of their own, and this gives us the illusion that we can get rid of Christianity and keep the values. This, Nietzsche says, is an illusion...Remove the Christian foundation, and the values must go too.”