"No principle is worth the sacrifice of a single human being."

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Source : Daniel Berrigan (1972). “America is hard to find”, Doubleday Books

Daniel Berrigan

#Sacrifice Quotes #Principles Quotes #Humans Quotes

“Where I came from, the idea of going into show business was just ridiculous; in fact I didn't tell anybody because I knew people would laugh at me. So I sort of snuck around and got some pictures and got a resume together and, of course, lied and said I did all kinds of things I didn't do.”
“Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.”
“A decrepit society shuns humor as a decrepit individual shuns drafts.”
“I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.”
“We're going to see passengers in space stations in 15 years, who will be able to buy a ticket and spend a weekend in space.”

Source : "People". The Dallas Morning News, p. 2A, July 28, 1986.
“I'm really into Steve O'Sullivan and Mosaic/Sushitech with that dub sound.”
“I like the challenge of getting players to rise to certain levels, but that's the easy part. The biggest challenge is to get them to believe in what we're doing. They have to understand that it's O.K. to have good days and bad days.”
“I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.”

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