“Political conflict, domestic or international, is rooted in the nature of man. It is a reflection of his finitude, his moral weakness, and his irrationality.”

Ernest W. Lefever Ethics and United States Foreign Policy

“The view that human beings are by nature good and reasonable creatures who can compose their differences peacefully is incompatible with what we know of human behavior in recorded history. It is starkly utopian.... Order can exist without justice and freedom, as we well know, but justice and freedom cannot exist without order.”

Sidney Hook in American Spectator July 1988

“Education, even democratic education, will not remove international conflict, because conflict is rooted in the morally ambiguous nature of man.”

Ernest W. Lefever, Ethics And United States Foreign Policy

My final appearance on the show so thanks to all who listened, to Anthony for being a great host, and to all those behind the scenes who made it happen.

In the National Post I remember as always those who gave all their tomorrows for my today, and try to treat it as the precious gift that it is.

“What we learn from history is Churchill’s motto: ‘Never, never, never ever, give in.’”

Allan Fotheringham in Maclean’s June 23, 1997

On The News Forum with Tanya Granic Allen I discussed why we remember on November 11 and what we should remember. (You can also watch it on Facebook here.)

“Unconditional surrender of our enemies [is] the signal for the greatest outburst of joy in the history of mankind. Holiday rejoicing is necessary to the human spirit.”

“Prime Minister Winston Churchill said in his May 8 Victory in Europe day broadcast” quoted by Ted Barris in National Post May 6, 2005