“The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties.” IfsGivingLawPoliticalLibertyTechnologyModernCitizensLessonsProtectResourcesSeptemberLaw EnforcementEnforcementAdequateSeptember 11InterferenceModern Technology Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard
“Today's coastal development along with hurricane amnesia places modern man on a collision course with catastrophe if the lessons of history are ignored.” IfsMenTodayCoursesModernDevelopmentLessonsIgnoredCatastropheHurricanesAmnesiaCollisionModern ManCoastal Author:Max Mayfield
“In my creature impatience I am often caused to wish that there were some way to bring modern Christians into a deeper spiritual life painlessly by short, easy lessons; but such wishes are vain. No shortcut exists. God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of our machine age. It is well that we accept the hard truth now: The man who would know God must give time to Him.” KnowsMenWayGivingWellsHardAgeChristianSpiritualWishEasyAcceptingModernHe ManLessonsCreaturesMachinesMethodDeeperNervousVainSpiritual LifeKnowing GodImpatienceHasteShortcutsHard TruthsPain In Life Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“We are not a warlike people. Nor is our history filled with tales of aggressive adventures and imperialism, which might come as a shock to some of the placard painters in our modern demonstrations. The lesson of Vietnam, I think, should be that never again will young Americans be asked to fight and possibly die for a cause unless that cause is so meaningful that we, as a nation, pledge our full resources to achieve victory as quickly as possible.” PeopleThinkingShouldMightYoungDiesFightingNationsCausesModernAchieveAdventureVictoryLessonsResourcesFilledMeaningfulTalesPainterShockAggressiveVietnamImperialismDemonstrationPledge Author:Ronald Reagan
“We tend to believe in the modern secular world that if you tell someone something once, they'll remember it. ... Religions go, "Nonsense. You need to keep repeating the lesson 10 times a day. So get on your knees and repeat it." That's what all religions tell us: "Get on your knees and repeat it 10 or 20 or 15 times a day." Otherwise our minds are like sieves.” IfsWorldNeedsMindBelieveRememberModernLessonsKneesRepeatsNonsenseSecular Author:Alain de Botton