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We all have as much right to take up our space in the world as one another.

A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.

It's important that we elevate and primarily focus on the rights of American citizens, but it's also important that we don't forget, 95 percent of the world's population lives beyond our own borders.

We live in a land like no other - a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the globe.

It's great that people are interested in Mars.

We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe.

I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.

Perhaps the best motivation for going to Mars is political. It is obvious that no single nation currently has either the will or the resources to do it alone, but a consortium of nations and space agencies could achieve it within 20 years.

It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid.

Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth's surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves.