"The [George W.] Bush Doctrine is built on two pillars: first, the United States will do everything in its power to maintain its unquestioned military superiority; second, the United States retains the right of preemptive action; taken together, these two pillars support two classes of sovereignty: the sovereignty of the United States, which preempts international treaties and obligations, and the sovereignty of everybody else - the other States, which are subject to the Bush Doctrine. This is reminiscent of George Orwell's Animal Farm: all animals are equal, except some animals are more equal than others."
-- George Soros
"We do not think much about using live "lower" animals for our pedantic scientific studies; I'm in favor of doing so, so long as we obtain written or verbal informed consent from such subjects. Until such time, we're selfish, callous, and benighted."
-- Jason Merchey
