365 9/3

 

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; 

it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

365 7/27

The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured.

365 12/22

 

When you fight a war against a tyrant,

who do you kill?

You kill the victims of the tyrant.

365 2/20

So long as atrocities remain remote, abstract, they will be tolerated, even by decent people.

365 9/11

 

If patriotism were defined not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love of one's country, one's fellow citizens (all over the world), as loyalty to the principles of justice and democracy, then patriotism would require us to disobey our government, when it violated those principles. 

365 12/19

Our problem is that people are obedient allover the world in the face of poverty and

starvation and stupidity, and war and cruelty.  Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves.. (and) the grand thieves are running the country

365 10/1

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people"

365 2/23

The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory