In this vast country that he had so loved, he was alone.
Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people and all countries – not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of humankind as civilized.
I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.
To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It’s futile to gaze at the world through a car window.
I am truly a “lone traveler” and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart.
A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.
Any government is evil if it carries within it the tendency to deteriorate into Tyranny. The danger of such deterioration is more acute in a country in which the government has authority not only over the armed forces but also over every channel of education and information...
Anybody who really wants to abolish war must resolutely declare himself in favor of his own country’s resigning a portion of sovereignty in place of international institutions.
As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of all citizens before the law prevail.
Overpopulation in various countries has become a serious threat to the health of people and a grave obstacle to any attempt to organise peace on this planet.
The more a country makes military weapons, the more insecure it becomes: if you have weapons, you become a target for attack.
Beware of being too rational. In the country of the insane, the integrated man doesn’t become king. He gets lynched.
The thing that impresses me most about this country is its hopefulness. It is this which distinguishes it from Europe, where there is hopeless depression and fear.
In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their dope than have died for their religion or their country.
Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
Liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.
America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.
My theory is that everyone at one time or another has been at the fringe of society in some way: an outcast in high school, a stranger in a foreign country, the best at something, the worst at something, the one who’s different. Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common.
I think America has always been polarized. It’s a racist country and it has always been.
I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.