Did You Hear What They Said?

Welcome back, True Believers!

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It's time for another edition of The Perspective's Signature Series:

Remember, it's not media mis-reporting. . . they actually said it!!!

OF WHOM THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY...

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"I am not an infidel or a fugitive. I am a Christian. If they want to sentence me to death, I accept that."--Abdul Rahman, Afghan and former Muslim, who converted to Christianity 16 years ago, after being arrested for his conversion.

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A WORD FROM THE FOUNDERS

"Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and theaid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animateand encourage us to great and noble Actions. "
-- George Washington (General Orders, 2 July 1776)

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MEMO TO JOHN MURTHA

"America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat." —James Madison

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"To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others,involves an inconsistency not to be excused."
-- John Jay (letter to R. Lushington, 15 March 1786)

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GOVERNMENT

"A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, simply to swell its ranks." —Ronald Reagan

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" What Americans need is not a new federal education program but the absence of all federal education programs... If Americans are to take our Constitution and the education of our children seriously, we need to wake up, reclaim our power, and 'Just Say No' to federal control of education." —Michael Ostrolenk

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"Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government." —James Madison

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" If we are still on the wrong course, it is because we choose to be... The conservative movement is at a crossroads. Are we committed to the ideals of limited government, fiscal discipline and traditional moral values or not?" —Rep. Mike Pence

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"Once born, a government program is nearly impossible to kill. That's mostly because politicians are spending our money and not their own." —Cal Thomas

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"While the creation of wealth may be more effective for enabling millions of people to rise out of poverty, it provides no special role for the political left, no puffed up importance, no moral superiority, no power for them to wield over others... Things that work for millions of people offer little to the left, and ultimately the left is about the left, not about the people they claim to want to lift out of poverty." —Thomas Sowell

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UAE PORT DEAL

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"Congress is up in arms. The Democrats, in particular, are in full cry, gleeful to at last get to the right of George Bush on an issue of national security. Gleeful, and shamelessly hypocritical. If a citizen of the UAE walked into an airport in full burnoose and flowing robes, speaking only Arabic, Democrats would be deeply offended, and might even sue, if the security people were to give him any more scrutiny than they would to my sweet 84-year-old mother. Democrats loudly denounce any thought of racial profiling. But when that same Arab, attired in business suit and MBA, and with a good record running ports in 15 countries, buys P&O, Democrats howl at the very idea of allowing Arabs to run our ports. (Republicans are howling too, but they don't grandstand on the issue of racial profiling.) On this, the Democrats are rank hypocrites." —Charles Krauthammer

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"The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred,or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is aslave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which issufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest."
-- George Washington (letter to Alexander Hamilton, 8 May 1796)

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CLUELESSNESS, LIBERAL STYLE

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"We are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while. I think it is probably a good thing... I'm proud to be out of touch."--George Clooney

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"Simply put, Democrats believe they can ask voters to give them control of the legislative branch [in November] without revealing any sort of policy or plan to deal with the most pressing issue before the country today: the war in Iraq... Not only do Democrats not have a plan, they're proud of not having a plan." —Byron York

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"In front of a crowd in Florida this past weekend, Al Gore said that, "The people of the United States are going to stand up and take our country back." And then the manager of the karaoke bar took the microphone away and said, "Either sing or sit down buddy."--Jay Leno

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"I'm tired of being accused of bias and being liberal. I have been covering all sides of every argument in politics for a quarter century, and I think I am as fair and neutral as it is humanly possible to be—which is not perfect. How about some unbiased readers for a change?" —Newsweek's Howard Fineman

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FREEDOM

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"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every onewho approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserveit but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you areinevitably ruined."
-- Patrick Henry (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,5 June 1778)

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"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave." —John Adams

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ABORTION

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"If South Dakota has led the way toward a democratic eruption, it also has shaken up the political marketplace by rejecting the popular rape-and-incest exception. The loophole doesn't make moral sense. If life begins at conception, children conceived through rape and incest are human beings. They are innocent of crimes, even if they are the byproduct of horrendous violence against women. So on what basis should we permit their destruction?" —Tony Snow

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

Who said the following:

"America does not have to choose between being a welcoming society and being a lawful society. We can be both at the same time."

A) George W. Bush

B) John Cornyn

C) Tom Tancredo

D) Hillary Clinton

Scroll down for the answer (no cheating!!)

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A) George W. Bush

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Have a great day!