“The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for history to even notice.”

“If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.”

“Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.”

“Bantu Philosophy: People cling to life and are not yet at the stage where they wil fight for the quality of that life. They feel as long as they are surviving, that is enough.”

“But are we even capable of maintaining a Republic anymore? Are there enough citizens willing to do the hard work that self-rule requires, or have we become a people who would rather be cared for, fed, clothed, housed, and told what's best for us by a parentlike state? Unfortunately, the evidence suggests the latter.”

“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”