And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area, the same as the pope directed the Carmelite nuns to move a convent away from Auschwitz. Peter T. King
Some Similar Quotes
  1. The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. - Unknown
  2. We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community. - Dorothy Day
  3. Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious. - Ruth Reichl
  4. The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contradictory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers..of all men to the extent they desire to know. But in fact, this includes only a few,... - Allan Bloom
  5. A forest is not a wilderness, but a community of souls who speak to one another on the wind. - Anthony T. Hincks
More Quotes By Peter T. King
  1. We can't gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for some reason, we've already done that - with the terrorist who tried to bring down Flight 253.
  2. White House leaks of classified information put the lives of U.S. service members, intelligence officers, and civilians at risk. That's why I support a measure passed by the Senate Intelligence Committee to crack down on such leaks.
  3. The president has a right to discuss his national security policies with the public. But that should be done in the light of day without endangering our sources or methods. The public has no need to know details about intelligence assets or special operations units....
  4. As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al- Qaida leadership is either dead or in jail, and we now have Saudi Arabia working with us, Pakistan working with us.
  5. But 85 percent of the mosques have extremist leadership in this country. Most Muslims, the overwhelming majority of Muslims, are loyal Americans.
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