“ If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson 3rd U.S. President
“ It has been said that the United States was deceived into entering and expanding the Vietnam War by its own overoptimistic propaganda. The record suggests, however, that the policy-makers stayed in Vietnam not so much because of overly optimistic hopes of winning ... as because of overly pessimistic assessments of the consequences of losing. Jonathan Schell Author
“ I'm sort of optimistic about what we could do, but I'm very pessimistic about what we will do. I can't tell you that Al Gore's 10-year plan is impossible. I'm old enough to remember the Second World War - if we had a World War II-type mobilization, we might accomplish Gore's plan. In 1940 we were making tens of thousands of automobiles, and in 1941 we were making tens of thousands of airplanes. We mobilized as a nation. If we get that kind of mobilization as a nation or globally, then we could solve a lot of these problems. Paul R. Ehrlich Population Biologist
“ I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Mahatma Gandhi Civil Rights Leader
“ Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples. Pope Francis
“ Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. John F. Kennedy 35th U.S. President