"When you make peaceful protest impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable."

- ­ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

    "One week they told me that the Glory of God is intelligence. The next week they told me I asked too many questions."

-- Tabitha

    "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be guarded by a bodyguard of lies."

-- Winston Churchill

    "When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest!"

--Author unknown

    "What we have in the Mormon culture is people who are programmed to 'follow the prophet.'  He doesn't get much revelation about current and future events, so why should they?"

-- Anon.

    "For behold, the Lord doth grant unto all nations, of their own nation and tongue, to teach his word, yea, in wisdom, all that he seeth fit that they should have; therefore we see that the Lord doth counsel in wisdom, according to that which is just and true."

-- Alma 29:8

    "It is the duty of Muslims to prepare as much force as possible to terrorize the enemies of God."

-- Osama Bin Laden
1998, in statement titled: "The Nuclear Bomb of Islam" (ref)

(Paraphrase)

    "I believe that God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been shaking our fist at God, telling him to get out of our schools, to get out of our government, to get out of our marketplaces, and to get out of our lives; and being the gentleman that he is, I believe that he has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us his blessing and his protection if we demand he leave us alone?"

-- Anne Graham Lotz, Billy Graham's Daughter
(Paraphrase in part by SDA)
Interview with Jane Clayson on CBS' Early Show
Sept. 13, 2001

    "On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence."

-- Kofi Annan, earlier in the day, Sept. 11, 2001
UN Press Release

    "The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo sprayed anthrax and botulism eight times over parts of Tokyo without effect."

-- Time Magazine
Oct. 8, 2001, p. 42

    "We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order."

-- David Rockefeller

    "At this time the leaders of the Church were heavily in debt due to their labors in the ministry."

-- Doctrine and Covenants 111, section heading

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    "I can relate to that one! Big time."

-- Sterling D. Allan

    "We once were of the notion that only the [LDS] prophet would/could receive revelation for the church/world. Now it seems that we can conclude that the prophet may not be receiving any at all. Maybe because he isn't taking it as serious as he should, for whatever reason. Not only that, but we have learned that we need to take serious that ALL men can be and should seek to prophesy."

-- Dolly Jack
(October 6, 2001)

    "For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it."

-- Jeremiah 20:4 NKJV

    "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."

-- Alvin Toffler

["repent" in Hebrew and Greek means "to reconsider"]

    "Food is Power! We use it to control behavior. Some may call it bribery. We do not apologize."

-- Catherine Bertini,
Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, speaking at the UN World Food Summit, Nov 1996.

    "We incite our Muslim brothers in Pakistan to give everything they own and are capable of to push the American crusade forces from invading Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Prophet, Peace Be Upon Him, said: Whoever didn't fight, or prepare a fighter, or take good care of a fighter's family, Allah will strike him with a catastrophe before Judgment Day."

-- Osama bin Laden
Statement provided on Sept. 24 by the Al-Jazeera television news network, based in Qatar
http://www.msnbc.com/news/633599.asp

(1)
    "They must make the Cause of Peace the object of general consultation, and seek by every means in their power to establish a Union of the nations of the world... In this all-embracing pact the limits and frontiers of each and every nation should be clearly fixed... the size of the armaments of every government should be strictly limited... if any government later violate any one of its provisions, all the governments on earth should arise to reduce it to utter submission..."

-- Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

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(2) 
    "In world politics frequent reference is now made to a New World Order. Bahá'ís are among those who very much welcome this development. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith, set out a clear framework for a new world order, and communicated this in writing to the rulers of the time. In 1985 the Universal House of Justice, the world body of the Bahá'í community, in its statement entitled, "The Promise of World Peace", analysed the current state of the world and restated Bahá'u'lláh's plan, laying out a possible path towards world peace and world order."

-- http://www.fragrant.demon.co.uk/newworld.html 
Published by the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Warwick. Approved by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, 27 Rutland Gate, LONDON SW7 1PD

    "Nothing justifies terrorism, Nothing!

    "Terrorism is defined not by the identity of its perpetrators nor by the cause they espouse. Rather, it is defined by the nature of the act.

    "Terrorism is the deliberate attack on innocent civilians. In this it must be distinguished from legitimate acts of war that target combatants and may unintentionally harm civilians."

-- Benjamin Netanyahu
to U.S. Congress, Sept. 20, 2001

    "Inter arma silent leges."

    "In time of war the laws are silent."

-- Latin maxim

    "The Friendliest Country in the World, Possibly the Universe."

-- Afghan-web.com

[Actually, in the principle of yin-yang, I wouldn't be surprised but that this is true on the ground among trusted friends]

   "While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you.''

-- Arab proverb
Yahoo!'s "Thought for Today" on their "This Day in History" page for Sept. 11 (composed prior to unfolding of 911 events)

    "...If it had not been for [God's] matchless power, and his mercy, and his long-suffering towards us, we should have unavoidably have been cut off from the face of the earth long before this period of time...."

-- Alma 9:11
Other chapters:verses 9:11

    "As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception."

-- Hosea 9:11
Other chapters:verses 9:11

        And thus do we recompense 
        Him who transgresses beyond bounds
        And believes not in the Signs
        Of his Lord: and the Chastisement
        Of the Hereafter is far more
        Grievous and more enduring.

-- Page 911 of the Koran

    "There are people who will reduce our rights in a time of crisis.  History has shown that.  And when it happens, you don't get them back."

Scott Cowley
Utah Citizen-Activist Network

    "And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother."

Haggai 2:22
(Chapter 911 of the Bible)

When Dumitri Duduman asked the angel how America the great would burn (if they do not repent), the angel told him:

    "The government will be busy with internal problems. Then from the ocean, from Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico,... (He told me two other countries, but I didn't remember what they were.) ...they will bomb the nuclear warehouses.  When they explode, America will burn!"

    17 For in one hour so great riches is come to naught. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
    18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
    19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

-- Revelation 18
click here for context and comment

LDS Temple Recommend Question:
    "Do you have sympathy with any apostates or apostate groups?"

Remnant Answer:
    "Yes, I still go to church don't I?"

    "If you think Isaiah's polemic is directly only to the people of God anciently, then you are missing a bulk of his prophetic message which is intended to be applied also to the Lord's people today who have lapsed into apostasy."

-- Sterling D. Allan
GreaterThings.com/Isaiah/

    "And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand."

-- Daniel 8:23-25

    "Require not miracles, except I shall command you, except casting out devils, healing the sick, and against poisonous serpents, and against deadly poisons; and these things ye shall not do, except it be required of you by them who desire it . . ."

-- Doctrine and Covenants 24:13,14

    "I do not consider that one of my wives, or one of my children, has a right to partake of these emblems [the bread and wine of the sacrament], until they make a full and proper restitution to me, if they have offended me. Why is this? Because I AM THEIR HEAD, I AM THEIR GOVERNOR, THEIR DICTATOR, THEIR REVELATOR, THEIR PROPHET, AND THEIR PRIEST...."

-- Heber C. Kimball
Journal of Discourses, Vol. 4, p. 81. 

    Interesting that he didn't give a valid reason to his question of  why, except 'you do it because I am the boss.' To me, it seems to be the same reasoning given by all would-be tyrants from Ghengis Khan to Joseph Stalin.

-- Randall Shortridge

    "I was waiting for a new general to appear, unlike any other. Or rather, a general who was like the generals I read about in books when I was young. I was waiting. Time passed, and such a general appeared. And soon after his arrival, it became obvious to our whole society how really courageous and highly professional our military people were. This 'general' was named Colonel Valdimir Putin."

-- Boris Yeltsin
Midnight Diaries, 2000

    "War to the hilt between Communism and capitalism is inevitable. Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will come. To win, we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concession. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, we will smash them with our clenched fist."