Quotations From Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

Quotations From 'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card Enders Game is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, who was inspired by Isaac Asimovs Foundation series. Enders Game centers on Andrew Ender Wiggin, a young boy who is being trained to become a leader in the war against an alien race. The story first appeared as a novella, which Card expanded into a series of books. The book has become suggested reading for those thinking of entering the military. Here are a few quotes from the novel. Chapter 1 And there are doubts about him. Hes too malleable. Too willing to submerge himself in someone elses will. It was not his fault he was a Third. It was the governments idea, they were the ones who authorized it - how else could a Third like Ender have got into school? I could kill you like this, Peter whispered. Just press and press until youre dead. Chapter 2 And do you know why you dont mean it? Valentine asked. Because you want to be in the government someday. you want to be elected. And they wont elect you if your opponents can dig up the fact that your brother and sister died in suspicious accidents... Youre his monitor now, said Peter. You better watch him day and night. Chapter 3 Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too. So theyd leave me alone. It was what I was born for, isnt it? If I dont go, why am I alive? Chapter 4 With Ender, we have to strike a delicate balance. Isolate him enough that he remains creativeotherwise, hell adopt the systems here and well lose him. At the same time, we need to make sure he keeps a strong ability to lead. Were going to make him the best military commander in history. And then put the fate of the world on his shoulders. Chapter 5 Make friends. Be a leader. Kiss butts if you have to, but if the other guys despise you-you know what I mean? Enders isolation was over. Chapter 6 Im a murderer, even when I play. Peter would be proud of me. Chapter 7 Whatever it meant to Alai, Ender knew that it was sacred; that he had uncovered himself for Ender. It set her apart, made her different, split the army. Its Wiggin. You know, that smart-ass Launchie from the game room. the adults are the enemies, not the other armies. They do not tell us the truth. Enders anger was cold, and he could use it. Bonzos was hot, so it used him. If you want, Ill pretend you won this argument. Then tomorrow you can tell me you changed your mind. Chapter 8 Listen, Ender, commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obey, the more power they have over you. Its the teachers, theyre the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other. This game knows too much about me. This game tells filthy lies. I am not Peter. I dont have murder in my heart. Chapter 9 Well, Im the bloody bastard you wanted when you had me spawned. What do you tell him, I need citizens access so I can take over the world? She was one of them now. Chapter 10 It was a strategy. Graff had deliberately set him up to be separate from the other boys, made it impossible for him to be close to them. And with that anger, he decided he was strong enough to defeat them- the teachers, his enemies. Chapter 11 You want to make me the best soldier possible. Go down and look at the standings. Look at the all-time standings. So far youre doing an excellent job with me. Congratulations. Now when are you going to put me up against a good army? The teachers got me into this-they can keep me safe. Chapter 12 Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way. Dont be alone. Ever. -Dink. I cant help that Im bigger than you. Youre such a genius, you figure out how to handle me. Chapter 13 it only works because whats between you, thats real, that matters. We are the Third Invasion. Chapter 14 From now on the enemy is more clever than you. From now on the enemy is stronger than you. From now on you are always about to lose. You will learn to defeat the enemy. Strange dreams are a safety valve, Ender. Im putting you under a little pressure for the first time in your life. Chapter 15 And always Ender carried with him a dry white cocoon, looking for a place where the hive-queen could awaken and thrive in peace. He looked a long time. Source Seiler, Edward. Isaac Asimov Home Page. Asimov Online.

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 A major achievement in diplomacy and foreign policy for post-revolutionary America, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 peacefully eased tensions between the United States and Canada by resolving several long-standing border disputes and other issues. Background: The 1783 Treaty of Paris In 1775, on the brink of the American Revolution, the 13 American colonies were still part of the 20 territories of the British Empire in North America, which include the territories that would become the Province of Canada in 1841, and eventually, the Dominion of Canada in 1867. On September 3, 1783, in Paris, France, representatives of the United States of America and King George III of Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution. Along with acknowledging America’s independence from Britain, the Treaty of Paris created an official border between the American colonies and the remaining British territories in North America. The 1783 border ran through the center of the Great Lakes, then from Lake of the Woods â€Å"due west† to what was then believed to be the source or â€Å"headwaters† of the Mississippi River. The border as drawn gave the United States lands that had previously been reserved for indigenous peoples of the Americas by earlier treaties and alliances with Great Britain. The treaty also granted Americans fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland and access to the eastern banks of the Mississippi in return for restitution and compensation to British loyalists who had refused to take part in the American Revolution. Differing interpretations of the 1783 Treaty of Paris resulted in several disputes between the United States and the Canadian colonies, most notably the Oregon Question and the Aroostook War. The Oregon Question The Oregon Question involved a dispute over territorial control and commercial use of the Pacific Northwest regions of North America between the United States, the Russian Empire, Great Britain, and Spain. By 1825, Russia and Spain had withdrawn their claims to the region as a result of international treaties. The same treaties granted Britain and the United States residual territorial claims in the disputed region. Called the â€Å"Columbia District† by Britain and the â€Å"Oregon Country† by America, the contested area was defined as being: west of the Continental Divide, north of Alta California at the 42nd parallel, and south of Russian America at the 54th parallel. Hostilities in the disputed area dated back to the War of 1812, fought between the United States and Great Britain over trade disputes, the forced service, or â€Å"impressment† of American sailors into the British Navy, and Britain’s support of Indian attacks on Americans in the Northwest frontier. After the War of 1812, the Oregon Question played an increasingly important role in international diplomacy between the British Empire and the new American Republic. The Aroostook War More of an international incident than an actual war, the 1838-1839 Aroostook War – sometimes called the Pork and Beans War – involved a dispute between the United States and Britain over the location of the border between the British colony of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine. While no one was killed in the Aroostook War, Canadian officials in New Brunswick arrested some Americans in the disputed areas and the U.S. State of Maine called out its militia, which proceeded to seize parts of the territory. Along with the lingering Oregon Question, the Aroostook War highlighted the need for a peaceful compromise on the border between the United States and Canada. That peaceful compromise would come from the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty From 1841 to 1843, during his first term as Secretary of State under President John Tyler, Daniel Webster faced several thorny foreign policy issues involving Great Britain. These included the Canadian border dispute, the involvement of American citizens in the Canadian rebellion of 1837 and the abolition of international slave trade. On April 4, 1842, Secretary of State Webster sat down with British diplomat Lord Ashburton in Washington, D.C., both men intent on working things out peacefully. Webster and Ashburton started by reaching an agreement on the boundary between the United States and Canada. The Webster–Ashburton Treaty re-established the border between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods, as originally defined in the Treaty of Paris in 1783, and confirmed the location of the border in the western frontier as running along the 49th parallel up to the Rocky Mountains, as defined in the Treaty of 1818. Webster and Ashburton also agreed that the U.S. and Canada would share the commercial use of the Great Lakes. The Oregon Question, however, remained unresolved until June 15, 1846, when the U.S. and Canada averted a potential war by agreeing to the Oregon Treaty. The Alexander McLeod Affair Shortly after the end of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837, several Canadian participants fled to the United States. Along with some American adventurers, the group occupied a Canadian-owned island in the Niagara River and employed a U.S. ship, the Caroline; to bring them supplies. Canadian troops boarded the Caroline in a New York harbor, seized her cargo, killed one crewman in the process, and then allowed the empty ship to drift over Niagara Falls. A few weeks later, a Canadian citizen named Alexander McLeod crossed the border into New York where he bragged that he had helped seize the Caroline and had, in fact, killed the crewman. American police arrested McLeod. The British government claimed that McLeod had acted under the command of British forces and should be released to their custody. The British warned that if the U.S. executed McLeod, they would declare war. While the U.S. government agreed that McLeod should not face trial for actions he had committed while under orders of the British Government, it lacked the legal authority to force the State of New York to release him to British authorities. New York refused to release McLeod and tried him. Even though McLeod was acquitted, hard feelings remained. As a result of the McLeod incident, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty agreed on principles of international law allowing for the exchange, or â€Å"extradition† of criminals. International Slave Trade While Secretary Webster and Lord Ashburton both agreed that international slave trade on the high seas should be banned, Webster refused to Ashburton’s demands that the British be allowed to inspect U.S. ships suspected of carrying slaves. Instead, he agreed that the U.S. would station warships off the coast of Africa to search suspected slave ships flying the American flag. While this agreement became part of the Webster–Ashburton Treaty, the U.S. failed to vigorously enforce its slave ship inspections until the Civil War began in 1861. The Slave Ship ‘Creole’ Affair Though it was not specifically mentioned in the treaty, Webster-Ashburton also brought a settlement to the slave trade-related case of the Creole. In November 1841, the U.S. slave ship Creole was sailing from Richmond, Virginia, to New Orleans with 135 slaves on board. Along the way, 128 of the slaves escaped their chains and took over the ship killing one of the white slave traders. As commanded by the slaves, the Creole sailed to Nassau in the Bahamas where the slaves were set free. The British government paid the United States $110,330 because under international law at the time officials in the Bahamas did not have the authority to free the slaves. Also outside the Webster-Ashburton treaty, the British government agreed to end the impressment of American sailors.