The ability of a country to wage war is not an accurate measure of its strengths, but of its fears.
Derek R. AudetteKeep the people ignorant and afraid and control and power becomes a detail - a self generating byproduct of the people's hysteria.
Derek R. AudetteIf you're going to condemn a people based on the actions of the worst of its ranks; take a good look at the worst of your people first and judge yourself.
Derek R. AudetteI think the most basic difference between Liberalism and Conservatism today, at its core, is that Conservatives just seem to want a better world for themselves - while Liberals just seem to want a better world.
Derek R. AudetteIt would seem to me that If this physical life, of which we are now aware, does indeed comprise the entirety of human experience, then what we seem to intuitively know to be true is entirely backwards. For if this is the case, then it must be the despicable tyrant, free of any moral values, and not the selfless compassionate who sacrifices himself for the good of mankind that is truly the one most deserving of our reverence and emulation.
Derek R. AudetteFascism is the most inherently evil political ideology that man has ever devised. Wherever we see even the smallest sapling of fascism growing, we should use every just, reasonable and humane method at our disposal to rip-it out by its roots and then salt the very earth wherein it grew, so that no other such thing may ever again take root. Of course, we must also take great care to ensure that during this process, we ourselves do not become fascists in the fight against fascism.
Derek R. Audette