Jim Grisham

“War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.”
― Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power: but the possession of a throne could never yet afford a lasting satisfaction to an ambitious mind.”
― Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“It’s hard to know what to call these people, besides “murdering criminals.” I’m going to call them ISIS, because that’s more specific than ISIL and more recognizable than Daesh,* which is what I really wish to call them. The worst thing to call them is “the Islamic State”—it’s like calling the KKK “the Christian State.”
― Sumbul Ali-Karamali, Demystifying Shariah: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's Not Taking Over Our Country

“Too often, we compare our own virtues with others’ faults. We compare our ideals with others’ realities. We compare our culture when it is ascendant with other cultures when they are descendant. We compare mainstream members of our group with extremist members of other groups.”
― Sumbul Ali-Karamali, Demystifying Shariah: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's Not Taking Over Our Country