Tuesday, December 09, 2003

I’ve added a new quote to the rotation at the right. I happened upon it in my reading of The Two Towers this morning:

There are some things better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.—JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Book 3, Chapter 2

It’s a great quote that I think is appropriate to our times as well.

Friday, July 18, 2003

I’ve added a new Quote of the Moment to the rotation. It’s from Tony Blair’s speech to Congress from yesterday. I found the quote at Wizbang.

Tell the world why you’re proud of America. Tell them when “The Star-Spangled Banner” starts, Americans get to their feet—Hispanics, Irish, Italians, Central Europeans, East Europeans, Jews, Muslims, white, Asian, black, those who go back to the early settlers, and those whose English is the same as some New York cab drivers I’ve dealt with—(laughter)—but whose sons and daughters could run for this Congress. Tell them why Americans, one and all, stand upright and respectful. Not because some state official told them to, but because whatever race, color, class or creed they are, being American means being free. That’s why they’re proud.