The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Insight: “When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force.
 When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.” —journalist Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961)

Non Compos Mentis: “Pamela Geller, the woman behind the Texas cartoon contest attacked by two gunmen late Sunday, knew what she was doing when she staged the controversial event featuring irreverent depictions of the prophet Muhammad in Garland, Tex. … If the contest was intended as bait, it worked.” —The Washington Post’s Sandhya Somashekhar in a piece titled, “Event organizer offers no apology after thwarted attack in Texas”

Village Idiots: “[M]y argument to people who worry about comprehensive immigration reform and the effect on their jobs is: It’s just the opposite. The sooner we can get to legalization, the better the job market will be for everybody.” —Hillary Clinton

And last… “The would-be terrorists in Garland fell for one of the classic blunders: Never assume that you’ve outgunned an art show in Texas.” —National Review alum Daniel Foster