The American Way of Killing:

One great lesson of American history is that one does good in this world because it is right to do good, not because the recipients will be grateful. We Americans must therefore never judge the rightness of our actions on how much gratitude or censure we receive. So long as we remain the most blessed country on earth, it is our duty to do as much good as we can. In fact, if we don't, we will cease to be blessed.

--Dennis Prager (8/31/04)

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.

--Graham Greene, The Quiet American (1955)