You Can't Be For Big Government, Big

Protecting The Rights Of Even The Least Individual Among Us Is Basically The Only Excuse The Government Has For Even Existing.

The Pursuit Of Science, The Study Of The Great Works, The Value Of Free Inquiry, In Short, The Very Idea Of Living The Life Of The Mind - Yes, These Formative And Abiding Principles Of Higher Education In America Had Their First And Firmest Advocate, And Their Greatest Embodiment, In A Tall, Fair-headed, Friendly Man Who Watched This University Take Form From The Mountainside Where He Lived, The University Whose Founding He Called A Crowning Achievement To Along And Well-spent Life.

Americans Are Not Going To Tolerate Intimidation, Terror And Outright Acts Of War Against This Nation And Its People. And We Are Especially Not Going To Tolerate These Attacks From Outlaw States Run By The Strangest Collection Of Misfits, Looney Tunes And Squalid Criminals Since The Advent Of The Third Reich ... There Can Be No Place On Earth Where It Is Safe For These Monsters To Rest,or Train Or Practice Their Cruel And Deadly. We Must Act Together - Or Unilateraly, If Necessary - To Ensue That These Terrorists Have No Sanctuary, Anywhere.

Admittedly, There Is A Risk In Any Course We Follow Other Than This, But Every Lesson In History Tells Us That The Greater Risk Lies In Appeasement, And This Is The Specter Our Well-meaning Liberal Friends Refuse To Face.

To Those Who Cite The First Amendment As Reason For Excluding God From More And More Of Our Institutions And Everyday Life, May I Just Say: The First Amendment Of The Constitution Was Not Written To Protect The People Of This Country From Religious Values; It Was Written To Protect Religious Values From Government Tyranny.