David's Quotes

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

"I own the men, and what must I do now to own women?"

"[Conservatives] have absolutely no reason, none, to trust our word or our actions at this point."

"Society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you get a lot of scum on the top."

"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there — lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more."

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?"

"Honey, you know the difference between the Taliban and Texas Republicans? One is opposed to science, equal rights for women, religious freedom, peaceful resolution of disagreements, and democracy. The other is the Taliban."

"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."

"The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension."