In A Democracy Dissent Is An Act

Maturity Requires A Final Accommodation Between Our Aspirations And Our Limitations.

The Soviet Union Has Indeed Been Our Greatest Menace - Not So Much Because Of What It Has Done, But Because Of The Excuses It Has Provided Us For Our Own Failures.

It Is In A Way A Mystery That, Instead Of Demanding That Their Governments Give Primary Attention To Their Own Needs And Aspirations, Most Of The Citizens Of Big Counties-those, That Is, That Have The Status Of Being "powers" In The World-far From Being Self-centered Or Materialistic As They Are Commonly Credited With Being, The Ordinary Citizen And His Elected Representative All Too Often Turn Out To Be Romantics, Ready And Eager To Sacrifice Programs Of Health, Education And Welfare For The Power And Pride Of The Nation.

I'm Sure That President Johnson Would Never Have Pursued The War In Vietnam If He'd Ever Had A Fulbright To Japan, Or Say Bangkok, Or Had Any Feeling For What These People Are Like And Why They Acted The Way They Did. He Was Completely Ignorant.

In The Long Course Of History, Having People Who Understand Your Thought Is Much Greater Security Than Another Submarine.