Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

Hell to ships, hell to men, hell to cities - of Helen of Troy

To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding," Senator Bayh said. "We can't continue fighting terrorism using the same foreign policy blueprints that were in place before September 11th."

The construction of too many bridges may prevent large oceangoing ships from sailing directly to inland cities along the river.

When we build a wall to keep people out, we also keep people from coming in.

If the nature of her foes would speak to the credit of Bridget's death, then surely the nature of her allies would speak even more loudly about clearly of her life.