"To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism."

-- James Russell Lowell

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“Every championship, by definition, is historic.”
“There was a village watercolour society and they'd come and paint in my field. I watched them from the window, the way they would struggle this way and that to find the perfect moment. God has made every angle on that beautiful, and I felt that tremendously.”
“The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientist's job to find the ways in which these laws can serve the human will. However, it is not the scientist's job to determine whether a hydrogen bomb should be constructed, whether it should be used, or how it should be used. This responsibility rests with the American people and with their chosen representatives.”
“What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example.”
“Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.”
“A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.”
“One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.”
“Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and feedback from the citizenry. It is about responsible government. We have to get our fellow Americans to trust their leaders less and themselves more, trust their own questions and suspicions, and their own desire to know what is going on.”

Source : Michael Parenti (2004). “Superpatriotism”, p.81, City Lights Books

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