Andrew Carnegie on Dubya and the "Peace Camp"

Regarding America's relationship with the sort of countries of the world whose populations bemoan Dubya's reelection (while their leaders engage in such activities as the UN oil-for-food scandal), it is not unnecessary to remember that today is the birthday of Andrew Carnegie, the US industrialist and philanthropist (1835-1919) who said

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

As for the presence of independent thought in certain European countries, and the extent to which such is accepted, this is hardly inappropriate:

He that cannot reason is a fool.
He that will not is a bigot.
He that dare not is a slave.