We'll Jump Off That Bridge

As A Civilian During The Second War, I Was Exposed To Danger In Circumstances Which Removed Any Distinction Between The Man In And The Man Out Of Uniform.

It Would Be Especially Tragic If The People Who Most Cherish Ideals Of Peace, Who Are Most Anxious For Political Cooperation On A Wider Than National Scale, Made The Mistake Of Underestimating The Pace Of Economic Change In Our Modern World.

If A Man Has An Apartment Stacked To The Ceiling With Newspapers, We Call Him Crazy. If A Woman Has A Trailer House Full Of Cats, We Call Her Nuts. But When People Pathologically Hoard So Much Cash That They Impoverish The Entire Nation, We Put Them On The Cover Of Fortune Magazine And Pretend That They Are Role Models.

The Grim Fact Is That We Prepare For War Like Precocious Giants, And For Peace Like Retarded Pygmies.

The Best Defence Of Peace Is Not Power, But The Removal Of The Causes Of War, And International Agreements Which Will Put Peace On A Stronger Foundation, Than The Terror Of Destruction.