I Sit With Shakespeare And He Winces

The Favorite Device Of The Devil, Ancient And Modern, Is To Force A Human Being Into A More Or Less Artificial Class, Accuse The Class Of Unnamed And Unnameable Sin, And Then Damn Any Individual In The Alleged Class, However Innocent He May Be.

I Believe In Liberty For All Men: The Space To Stretch Their Arms And Their Souls; The Right To Breathe And The Right To Vote, The Freedom To Choose Their Friends, Enjoy The Sunshine, And Ride On The Railroads, Uncursed By Color; Thinking, Dreaming, Working As They Will In A Kingdom Of Beauty And Love.

It Is The Trained, Living Human Soul, Cultivated And Strengthened By Long Study And Thought, That Breathes The Real Breath Of Life Into Boys And Girls And Makes Them Human, Whether They Be Black Or White, Greek, Russian Or American.

There Is Always A Certain Glamour About The Idea Of A Nation Rising Up To Crush An Evil Simply Because It Is Wrong. Unfortunately, This Can Seldom Be Realized In Real Life; For The Very Existence Of The Evil Usually Argues A Moral Weakness In The Very Place Where Extraordinary Moral Strength Is Called For.

The Theory Of Democratic Government Is Not That The Will Of The People Is Always Right, But Rather That Normal Human Beings Of Average Intelligence Will, If Given A Chance, Learn The Right And Best Course By Bitter Experience.