Here in America we are descended in spirit from revolutionists and rebels – men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. – Dwight D. Eisenhower, address, Columbia University, 31 May 1954
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. – James Madison, speech, Virginia Convention, 1788
Theres no anger ever in a spiritual. Theres always the dream of a hope of a better day coming. That God understands the troubles that Im experiencing. – Jessye Norman
Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time. – J. J. Abrams
There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war – nothing material or ideological – no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. – George Wald
