What Would You Do?

Many in the United States assume something like the Holocaust could never happen here because our human nature is above all that.  Well, think again.  Throughout history, human nature has remained the same no matter where you live.  Would your moral foundation enable you to give up your job, wealth, family, and life to oppose evil?  Or would you succumb to silence by the immediate need for self-preservation?

Jeff Lukens, The Church Must Speak Out

The Need For Self-Defense

Though defensive violence will always be a sad necessity in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.

Augustine of Hippo (commonly known as Saint Augustine)