NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“The idea that an American defeat in Iraq—and like it or not, that is what the sort of a withdrawal [passed by] Congress will be considered in the Muslim world—would make it easier to prevail against Iran is ludicrous. Such an outcome would similarly embolden Iran’s Islamist allies elsewhere, such as Hamas and Hezbollah.” —Jonathan Tobin

“At once the most preposterous and the most dangerous of contemporary beliefs is ‘nothing was ever settled by violence.’ A cursory reading of history makes it clear that virtually every important development in the history of mankind has been, for good or ill, a product of violence.” —Jack Kelly

“There is a word for people who put children in a car to be blown up. The word is evil... It’s important that we say this out loud and that we render this moral judgment. Because if we fail to understand that our enemy is evil, we have failed to understand what we are fighting.” —Newt Gingrich

“When the GOP begins to apologize for routine, non-controversial uses of presidential authority to implement administration policies, no wonder the party is on the ropes.” —Brendan Miniter

“[Attorney General Alberto] Gonzales has allowed a scandal to be created where there was none. That is quite an achievement. He had a two-foot putt and he muffed it.” —Charles Krauthammer

“[Al Gore] is a man who makes no bones about wanting to limit population growth by forcing Africans to stop having children but escapes any criticism for what is undisguised racism. If a Republican engaged in such racist proposals he would be ridden out of town on a rail.” —Michael Reagan

“When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing—they believe in anything.” —G. K. Chesterton

“The moral underpinnings of our country must be able to bear the weight of today if we’re to pass on to the next generation an America worth having.” —Ronald Reagan

“The opposition is indispensable. A good statesmen, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters.” —Walter Lippmann