"'In times of distress, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.' -- Mark Twain"

"'Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy or a facist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.' -- Hermann Wilhelm Goering to psychologist Gustave Gilbert, pub. 1947 'Nuremberg Diary"

"'Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.' -- Harry S. Truman"

"'Bush has been forced to call for an investigation into his own intelligence. And you know what's going to happen: they're not going to find anything.' -- Will Durst"

Framing the Issues - A cognitive linguist explains how the right uses conceptual frames to push their conservative positions, regardless of reason, facts, or logic.