A politician cannot legislate respect or admiration for another race, religion or group of people. It is only achieved by the upright conduct of that group of people, their integrity or the content of their character.

For an American or a person of another religion in modernity, Placing your trust in the Islamic ideology is like placing your trust in a domesticated grizzly bear at feeding time.

A religion that preaches intolerance, Is not really a religion at all and should not be treated as such.

Religion alone is insufficient. Applied religion is the beginning of nobility character.

It is so very easy to manipulate an educated person's actions and beliefs. Just have another educated person or group tell them that "this or that" is what educated people do and believe. Those of strong faith are the only ones capable of resistance. Hence, the attack on religion by the educated.

To realize that you are smarter than your boss but still must answer to him is an unnerving step in the world of adulthood.