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To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into the country, curtail their freedom of action inside the country, and deprive them of material and moral support from within the country. ↗

— Richard Perle

#before #country #curtail #deny #deprive

But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules. ↗

— Richard Perle

#american people #beyond #cannot #establish #explicitly

Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause with Western political extremists of the far Left and far Right. ↗

— Richard Perle

#cause #common #common cause #exclude #extremists

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but not of terrorist sympathies. ↗

— Richard Perle

#admission #american #bars #law #now

The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in the war on terror. ↗

— Richard Perle

#citizens #fellow #fellow citizens #greatest #lax

The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose us. ↗

— Richard Perle

#european #european governments #governments #hesitated #more

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe. ↗

— Richard Perle

#british #europe #independence #must #our

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#complexity #fools #geniuses #ignore #pragmatists

I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#help #i #i think #inevitable #learn

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration". ↗

— Alan Perlis

#computing #definition #frustration #into #living