MBVD: PETITION AGAINST THE BAN ISLAM PETITION / MOVEMENT

Saturday, June 4, 2011

PETITION AGAINST THE BAN ISLAM PETITION / MOVEMENT

Now comes a student from the Australian International Academy, pleading for understanding of Islam and rejection of anti Islamic petitions. Since the title of the Google Alert bringing this to my attention is "Ban Islam", I presume that the petition he complains of is one of these:

PETITION AGAINST THE BAN ISLAM PETITION / MOVEMENT

To: THE WORLD COURT,NEWS LIMITED AND THE UN

I, Badurrasyiid Suwarno SRC of the 7D enterprise class inside the Austalian International academy hereby call an anti-ant-islam petition

1:ISLAM DOES NOT LEGITIMIZE PEDOFILIA
in fact, fornication in islam is one of the WORST SINS in the sight of Allah

2:ISLAM DOES NOT LEGITIMIZE ASSASINATION
it is stated in the Qur'an that "whoever kills the takes of one man (without a proper court order) is to be treated like he killed all mankind, and whoever saves the life of one man is to be treated like he save all mankind"

3: ISLAM DOES NOT OPPRESS WOMEN BY BY SUPPRESSING THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS
there are many ways to denounce this, but seeing as most people refer to hijab, then hijab is not in fact a suppression of human rights. ill toss this one to the women: you body is you private property. would you really want every tom, dick and harry to perv on you?

4: ISLAM DOES NOT CONDONE THE PENALTIES OF STONING AND DISMEMBERMENT
there are very good reasons as to why islam does this. firstly, the rate of criminals going back to jail are 85-90%, whereas the rate of of people commiting crimes after suffering the punishment of the Shari'ah court is a mere .5%.
also, the shari'ah court is the court that gives the most justice. let me call up an example from the time of caliph Muhammad Fatih
"one day, the caliph ordered a christian man to create the minarets of a building. after this building was constructed the caliph found out that the persom had made the minarets smaller in order to spite the muslims. in a fit of rage, the caliph cut the man's hand off. so this man took the caliph, the supreme ruler to couurt. the judge ruled that the 'an eye for an eye" ruling should be implementeed and that the caliph should have his hand cut off too. the guards instantly seized him and were about to cut the caliph's hand off when upon seing this, the christian man said. "enough! free him" and so they did. so after this, the caliph went up to the judge and he said:

i swear by Allah, that even if you had made the slightest movement to lessen my ruling then i would have grabbed my sword and cut you head off then and there"

the Qadi (judge) replied

"and i would have stabbed you with this poison blade (which he had just produced from under his pillow) and stabbed you then and there if you had made the slightest movement to resist the ruling"

5: ISLAM EXPRESSLY FORBIDS THE USE OF TERROR AS A WEAPON
i have to ask you, where the hell did you get that from!
tell me a legit answer and i might consider disbanding this petition

6: ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE
do you know what muslims say when they meet each other?

they say "may the peace, graciousness and blessings of allah be upon you"

if that's not enough, then it also says that when in a war, any muslim commander must always try to make peace, evem if they are desttined to win.

7: ISLAM WAS SENT DOWN TO CREATE THE BEST OF MANNERS

the prophet himself s.a.w. said:
"i was not sent to you but to perfect the best of manners"

in fact, it is sad that whoever perfects his manners will have a palace n the highest level of jannah.

TO CONCLUDE

i have to say that islam is definetly the best religion. for those of you that are still conceited and ignorant and still are not convinced then
DO SOME RESEARCH YOU IDIOTS
because
"do not hate what you do not know"

~ABDURRASYIID SRC 7D @ AIA OUT

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

It is precisely because I have done my research that I am able to refute the numerous lies contained in that petition, point by point.

pedophilia

Catholic Priests who bugger little boys do so in contravention of the teaching of Jesus. Muslims who 'marry' pre-pubescent girls do so in emulation of Moe, who is set up as their role model. Moe demanded marriage to Aisha, the six year old daughter of his bosom buddy. Several muttawir ahadith testify to her age as six at the time of the marriage, and nine when the marriage was consummated. One hadith reports her age at marriage as seven. .

The Qur'an includes rules for a divorce's iddah, the waiting period between her divorce and any remarriage. The parenthetical expression in this fragmentary quote was inserted by the translators; its source is one of the tafsirs. "...and for those who have no courses [(i.e. they are still immature) their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is three months likewise, except in case of death] ...." There is no possible benign explanation for divorce provisions for pre-pubertal girls.

Islamic law makes provision for a pre-pubertal virgin's father to marry her off at will without her consent. That provision is found in Reliance of the Traveller, Book M3.13.

Pious Muslims who obeyed Allah & Moe are to be rewarded in Allah's celestial gardens, where they will be served by. "immortal boys",
"If you see them, you would think them scattered pearls." If you want to know more, and are not easily disgusted, follow this link.

assassination

Moe ordered the murder of several poets who had criticized him. This excerpt from one hadith should be enough to clue you in. "It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Who will kill Ka'b b. Ashraf? He has maligned Allah, the Exalted, and His Messenger. Muhammad b. Maslama said: Messenger of Allah, do you wish that I should kill him? He said: Yes."

oppress women

In Islam, women are chattel, literally "fields to be plowed". "Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth (have sexual relations with your wives in any manner ..." Although Moe frowned on the practice, Muslims are permitted to beat their wives. Muslim men are superior to their wives.

corporal punishment

The verse of stoning was allegedly consumed by a goat while Aisha was distracted by Moe's last moments. You may not find it in the Qur'an, but it is in the hadith. "from 'Ali when the latter stoned a lady to death on a Friday. 'Ali said, "I have stoned her according to the tradition of Allah's Apostle." "

Amputation is another matter. "Cut off (from the wrist joint) the (right) hand of the thief, male or female, as a recompense for that which they committed, a punishment by way of example from Allâh."

Islamic law is clear on the matter: "A person's right hand is amputated, whether he is a Muslim, non-Muslim subject of the Islamic state, or someone who has left Islam, when he:..."

terror: harram

This damned lie is so egregious that it alone stands sufficient to condemn Islam and subject it to all possible execration. I can not allow this lie to pass easily, I intend to refute it so clearly that a high functioning Moron can comprehend it. Examine Allah's accursed word: [Click the links and read all ten parallel translations.]

3:151. We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because they joined others in worship with Allâh, for which He had sent no authority; their abode will be the Fire and how evil is the abode of the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrongdoers).
8:12. (Remember) when your Lord inspired the angels, "Verily, I am with you, so keep firm those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who have disbelieved, so strike them over the necks, and smite over all their fingers and toes."
8:57. So if you gain the mastery over them in war, punish them severely in order to disperse those who are behind them, so that they may learn a lesson
8:60. And make ready against them all you can of power, including steeds of war (tanks, planes, missiles, artillery, etc.) to threaten the enemy of Allâh and your enemy, and others besides whom, you may not know but whom Allâh does know. And whatever you shall spend in the Cause of Allâh shall be repaid unto you, and you shall not be treated unjustly.
9:120. It was not becoming of the people of Al-Madinah and the bedouins of the neighbourhood to remain behind Allâh's Messenger (Muhammad when fighting in Allâh's Cause) and (it was not becoming of them) to prefer their own lives to his life. That is because they suffer neither thirst nor fatigue, nor hunger in the Cause of Allâh, nor they take any step to raise the anger of disbelievers nor inflict any injury upon an enemy but is written to their credit as a deed of righteousness. Surely, Allâh wastes not the reward of the Muhsinûn
33:26. And those of the people of the Scripture who backed them (the disbelievers) Allâh brought them down from their forts and cast terror into their hearts, (so that) a group (of them) you killed, and a group (of them) you made captives.
33:27. And He caused you to inherit their lands, and their houses, and their riches, and a land which you had not trodden (before). And Allâh is Able to do all things.
59:2. He it is Who drove out the disbelievers among the people of the Scripture (i.e. the Jews of the tribe of Banî An-Nadîr) from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would get out. And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allâh! But Allâh's (Torment) reached them from a place whereof they expected it not, and He cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their own dwellings with their own hands and the hands of the believers. Then take admonition, O you with eyes (to see).
59:13. Verily, you (believers in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) are more awful as a fear in their (Jews of Banî An-Nadîr) breasts than Allâh. That is because they are a people who comprehend not (the Majesty and Power of Allâh).

What did Allah say he would do? What did he do? What were the consequences? What did he command Muslims to do? How do Muslims earn Brownie Points? Read and re-read the Qur'an quotes listed above until you can accurately answer all of those questions.

Moe was not silent on the subject; he bragged about it!

Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 7, Number 331:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "I have been given five things which were not given to any one else before me.
1. Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's journey.
2. The earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a place for praying and a thing to perform Tayammum, therefore anyone of my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due.
3. The booty has been made Halal (lawful) for me yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me.
4. I have been given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection).
5. Every Prophet used to be sent to his nation only but I have been sent to all mankind.
Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 220:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "I have been sent with the shortest expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world were brought to me and put in my hand." Abu Huraira added: Allah's Apostle has left the world and now you, people, are bringing out those treasures (i.e. the Prophet did not benefit by them).

How was Moe "made victorious"?

Religion of Pieces

A head over here, a foot in this corner, a finger over there... Religion of Pieces, not peace! This accursed lie, like the assertion that terrorism is forbidden, stands alone as ample condemnation of Islam, to subject it to all possible execration and forbid its practice. This damned lie requires explicit refutation. Examine Allah's accursed word.[Click the links and read ten parallel translations.]

2:216. Jihâd (holy fighting in Allâh's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allâh knows but you do not know.
8:39. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allâh) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allâh Alone [in the whole of the world ]. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allâh), then certainly, Allâh is All-Seer of what they do.
9:29. Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
9:123. O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allâh is with those who are the Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - see V.2:2).

Who can read those words without cursing? Only one whose soul is dead, who deserves to have his head removed by Muslims. Are those idle anachronisms? Are they unconfirmed and never carried out?

Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah." Narrated Maimun ibn Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla during the prayers, prays like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is a Muslim, and has got the same rights and obligations as other Muslims have."
Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 59, Number 285:

Narrated Abu Ishaq:

Once, while I was sitting beside Zaid bin Al-Arqam, he was asked, "How many Ghazwat did the Prophet undertake?" Zaid replied, "Nineteen." They said, "In how many Ghazwat did you join him?" He replied, "Seventeen." I asked, "Which of these was the first?" He replied, "Al-'Ashira or Al-'Ashiru."

What of Islamic law? Have the jurists ruled on this matter? What is Jihad? is it the struggle against ego or is it waging war?

Chapter O9.0: Jihad

(O: Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada signifying warfare to establish the religion. And it is the lesser jihad. As for the greater jihad, it is spiritual warfare against the lower self (nafs), which is why the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said as he was returning from jihad.

``We have returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad.''

The scriptural basis for jihad, prior to scholarly consensus (def: b7) is such Koranic verses as:

-1- ``Fighting is prescribed for you'' (Koran 2:216);

-2- ``Slay them wherever you find them'' (Koran 4:89);

-3- ``Fight the idolators utterly'' (Koran 9:36);

and such hadiths as the one related by Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:

``I have been commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and perform the prayer, and pay zakat. If they say it, they have saved their blood and possessions from me, except for the rights of Islam over them. And their final reckoning is with Allah'';

and the hadith reported by Muslim,

``To go forth in the morning or evening to fight in the path of Allah is better than the whole world and everything in it.''Details concerning jihad are found in the accounts of the military expeditions of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), including his own martial forays and those on which he dispatched others. The former consist of the ones he personally attended, some twenty-seven (others say twenty-nine) of them. He fought in eight of them, and killed only one person with his noble hand, Ubayy ibn Khalaf, at the battle of Uhud. On the latter expeditions he sent others to fight, himself remaining at Medina, and these were forty-seven in number.)

What is the meaning of Jihad? Got a clue yet? Is it obligatory? On whose initiative is it undertaken?

O9.1: The Obligatory Character of Jihad

Jihad is a communal obligation (def: c3.2). When enough people perform it to successfully accomplish it, it is no longer obligatory upon others (O: the evidence for which is the Prophet's saying (Allah bless him and give him peace),

"He who provides the equipment for a soldier in jihad has himself performed jihad,"

and Allah Most High having said:

"Those of the believers who are unhurt but sit behind are not equal to those who fight in Allah's path with their property and lives. Allah has preferred those who fight with their property and lives a whole degree above those who sit behind. And to each, Allah has promised great good" (Koran 4:95).

If none of those concerned perform jihad, and it does not happen at all, then everyone who is aware that it is obligatory is guilty of sin, if there was a possibility of having performed it. In the time of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) jihad was a communal obligation after his emigration (hijra) to Medina. As for subsequent times, there are two possible states in respect to non-Muslims.

The first is when they are in their own countries, in which case jihad (def: o9.8) is a communal obligation, and this is what our author is speaking of when he says, "Jihad is a communal obligation," meaning upon the Muslims each year.

The second state is when non-Muslims invade a Muslim country or near to one, in which case jihad is personally obligatory (def: c3.2) upon the inhabitants of that country, who must repel the non-Muslims with whatever they can).
"The destruction of the sword is incurred by infidels, although they be not the first aggressors, as appears from various passages in the sacred writings which are generally received to this effect. "
[Hedaya Vol II, Book IX, Ch. 1 Pg. 141 PDF 155]
O9.8: The Objectives of Jihad

The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians (N: provided he has first invited them to enter Islam in faith and practice, and if they will not, then invited them to enter the social order of Islam by paying the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya, def: o11.4) -which is the significance of their paying it, not the money itself-while remaining in their ancestral religions) (O: and the war continues) until they become Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax (O: in accordance with the word of Allah Most High,

"Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and who forbid not what Allah and His messenger have forbidden-who do not practice the religion of truth, being of those who have been given the Book-until they pay the poll tax out of hand and are humbled" (Koran 9.29),

Got a clue yet? Jihad is warfare against disbelievers, a minimum obligation of one military expedition in every year unless the Muslims are too weak to perform it. It is carried out on Islamic initiative after issuing Dawah and offering alternatives of conversion or dhimmitude. It is not a response to aggression, it is aggression.

What is the Religion of Islam? One hadith holds the answer for us. This will be immediately clear to intelligent readers, Morons [voted for Bush] will have some trouble with it, Idiots [voted for Clinton] and Cretins [voted for Obama] will experience increasing levels of difficulty. The significant clauses are highlighted for clarity.

Sunan Abu Dawud Book 23, Number 3455:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

I heard the Apostle of Allah, (peace_be_upon_him) say: When you enter into the inah transaction, hold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Allah). Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion.

What will they abandon? What must they return to? The two are equal. These are clues for the high functioning Morons. The Cretins are beyond hope, I will make it plain for the Idiots.

Jihad is a way of life: intra-species predation. Commerce and agriculture are possible alternative lifestyles. If Muslims abandon jihad in favor of commerce and agriculture, Allah will curse them and not lift the curse until they return to jihad, which is their "original religion" The religion of Islam is plunder. Got a clue yet?

Islam is a lie; Muslims are liars. I take every opportunity to expose their lies. They assume that we are stupid, ignorant and gullible; that we will never crack open their abominable texts to discover their real content and meaning. Because I have delved into those texts, I am able to expose the lies. Because the Qur'an, hadith and Shari'ah have been translated into English and posted on the web, I am able to give you links so that you can verify the truth of what I write.

Which petition will you sign?

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My Favorite Speeches and Other Items of Interest

George Bush's March 28, 2007 Discusses Economy, War on Terror During Remarks to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association;http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070328-2.html
Mitch McConnell's March 15, 2007 Funding For Troops, Not Timelines for Retreat; http://mcconnell.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=270747&start=1
Ronald Reagan's June 12, 1987 Tear Down This Wall Speech; http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/wall.asp
Vice President Cheney's March 12, 2007 Remarks at the AIPAC 2007 Policy Conference; http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070312.html

Winston Churchill Quotes

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
I like a man who grins when he fights.
I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Never, never, never give up.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
The first quality that is needed is audacity.
The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
They are decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Ronald Reagan Quotes

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources
Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Double, no triple, our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. It is time that we recognized that ours was, in truth, a noble cause.
Facts are stupid things.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
How can a president not be an actor?
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand.
In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest.
Let us ask ourselves; "What kind of people do we think we are?".
Man is not free unless government is limited.
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.
Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.
There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.