(when asked if he has disappointed his conservative fans by directing Million Dollar Baby (2004)) Well, I got a big laugh out of that. These people are always bitching about "Hollyweird", and then they start bitching about this film. Are they all so mad because The Passion of the Christ (2004) is only up for the makeup award and a couple of other minor things? Extremism is so easy. You`ve got your position, and that`s it. It doesn`t take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.
- Clint EastwoodTrue, there is all sorts of religious extremism all over the place, but the reason for this partly has to do with the fascist attitudes and language of absolutism coming from Washington. It`s challenging for people outside of America that Bush was re-elected. It means we`re all going to have to work a lot harder to understand what so many more Americans than we thought really want. It`s an identity shift in our minds about America and maybe for many Americans as well.
- Tilda SwintonI would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
- Barry GoldwaterLet`s not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children.
- Alexandre CoimbraA free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
- Alice BillingsThis fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
- Ammie KimThe problem is not extremism,
- Athena HrevatisI would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
- Barry Goldwater