Thats why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. Its like a tonic. – Studs Terkel
Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too. – Studs Terkel
With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, Studs, youre an optimist. I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because whats the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. – Studs Terkel
I can support co-ops if they want to do it as weve known co-ops in America for 150 years – where they serve the purposes of the consuming public, whether its health care or whether its co-ops as we know them in the Midwest, providing electricity or to sell supplies to farmer. – Chuck Grassley