To Reject The Word Is To Reject

Having A Thirteen-year-old In The Family Is Like Having A General-admission Ticket To The Movies, Radio And Tv. You Get To Understand That The Glittering New Arts Of Our Civilization Are Directed To The Teen-agers, And By Their Suffrage They Stand Or Fall.

In Societies Like The American And West European Where The Dynamics Of Energy Come From Freedom And Where The Climate And The Whole Ethos Are Those Of Freedom, Censorship Is Bound To Be At Worst, Stupid; At Best, Futile; And Always, To Some Degree, Inconsonant With The Character Of The Society As A Whole.

Every Mob, In Its Ignorance And Blindness And Bewilderment, Is A League Of Frightened Men That Seeks Reassurance In Collective Action.

Somehow Life Doesn't Always Pay Off To Those Who Are Most Insistent.

It Is Not The Armed Forces Which Can Protect Our Democracy. It Is The Moral Strength Of Democracy Which Alone Can Give Any Meaning To The Efforts At Military Security.