I never have been in despair about the world. Enraged. I've been enraged by the world, but never despair. I cannot afford despair...you can't tell the children that there is no hope.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
"I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form...it would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it."
“Too narrow a front in battling for a moral crusade, or for a truly biblical involvement in politics, could be disastrous. It could lead to the election of a moron who holds the right view on abortion.”
During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.