“Part of Mr. Bush’s legacy may well be that he robbed America of its optimism — a force that Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other presidents, like Ronald Reagan, used to rally the country when it was deeply challenged. The next generation of leaders will have to resell discouraged Americans on the very idea of optimism, and convince them again that their goal should not be to live with their ailments, but to cure them.” Adam Cohen.
“Much of the behaviour that makes Muslims different is a question of conscience. Islam is an all-purpose religion. The Qur'an answers every question. That is why alienated Muslim youths increasingly argue that the political parties - by which they feel rejected - are superfluous.[…] Most young Muslims agree that to enjoy the full benefits of British society they have to accept most of its conventions and adopt its mores. Since they were born in this country, they have little difficulty in behaving as British by birth and upbringing. […] But that generation wants to make its own decisions about how to mix and match the two parts of their lives. The more they are told to drop Islam in favour of Britain, the more alienated they will feel. Islam is essential to their identity and self-respect. They want to be integrated but they are not prepared to be absorbed. And assimilation - which is absorption by a fancy name - is what most of the critics of multiculturalism really want.” Roy Hattersley, “Choice is for Minorities too”
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