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American statesmen might like some Europeans more than others and even detect quaint resemblances to their own outlook; but they no more committed themselves to a particular group or country than a nineteenth-century missionary committed himself to the African tribe in which he happened to find himself.
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I think in this country we're committed to developing plays, and many plays I've seen have been rewritten too much. The scenes are tight, the play ends at the right time, you know exactly what the scene is about, but it seems flat; you can almost see that too many hands have been on the play. The individual voice is gone.
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You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that goes around overwhelming governments and assassinating political leaders, working for tight oligarchies around the world to protect the tight oligarchy here at home.
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Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.
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The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.
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People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
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Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
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Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
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All my life I have had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I am here
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I really hate it when I can’t score runs from a ball.
