There Can Be No Compromise

I Wish To Suggest That Ample Opportunity Does Exist For Dissent, For Protest, And For Nonconformity. But I Must Also Say That The Right To Be Heard Does Not Automatically Include The Right To Be Taken Seriously.

It Is All Too Easy For A Society To Measure Itself Against Some Abstract Philosophical Principle Or Political Slogan. But In The End, There Must Remain The Question: What Kind Of Life Is One Society Providing To The People That Live In It?

The Measure Of A Civilization Is How It Treats Those At The Dawn Of Life, The Margins Of Life And The Twilight Of Life.

There Is A Great Deal Of Difference Between Living And Surviving. You Can Survive In Debauchery, Even In Sickness And Despair. But You Live With A Spirit Of Vitality And A Spirit Of Participation, Of Being Wanted, And Having Something To Contribute.

Behind Every Successful Man Is A Proud Wife And A Surprised Mother-in-law.