“Since Yuri Gagarin and Al Shepard's epoch flights in 1961, all space missions have been flown only under large, expensive government efforts. By contrast, our program involves a few, dedicated individuals who are focused entirely on making spaceflight affordable.” Has BeensGovernmentIndividualSpaceEffortProgramMissionsFocusedFlightExpensiveAlsDedicatedContrastAffordableEpochSpaceflight Author:Burt Rutan
“No possible future government in Kabul can be worse than the Taliban, and no thinkable future government would allow the level of Al Qaeda gangsterism to recur. So the outcome is proportionate and congruent with international principles of self-defense.” SelfGovernmentLevelsPrinciplesInternationalDefenseOutcomesAlsSelf DefenseAl QaedaTalibanKabulThinkable Book:Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays Source: Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
“(Terrorists) are planning to disrupt our democratic process. It's scary I know, but we're not going to let al Qaeda tell us what to do. In fact, our government has decided that if al Qaeda attempts to disrupt our democratic process, we are going to respond by disrupting it first.” IfsKnowsFirstsFactsGovernmentProcessDecidedDemocraticScaryTerroristPlanningAlsAl QaedaDemocratic Process Author:Jon Stewart