Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.

Prejudice locks the mind. Nothing can enter. Nothing true can escape.

A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights - which, of course, are our own. Out of our desperation and fear we begin to feel a sense of security from the new totalitarian state.

I am not as concerned about choosing the right words as I am in letting the words flow naturally.

Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last has become the people's master. We have stood by like timid sheep while the wolf killed - first the weak, then the strays, then those on the outer edges of the flock, until at last the entire flock belonged to the wolf.

Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.

Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.