I Am Not One Of Those Who

About One Month Before He Was Killed, When Asked By David Frost How His Obituary Should Read: Something About The Fact That I Made Some Contribution To Either My Country, Or Those Who Were Less Well Off. I Think Back To What Camus Wrote About The Fact That Perhaps This World Is A World In Which Children Suffer, But We Can Lessen The Number Of Suffering Children, And If You Do Not Do This, Then Who Will Do This? I'd Like To Feel That I'd Done Something To Lessen That Suffering.

All Of Us Might Wish At Times That We Lived In A More Tranquil World, But We Don't. And If Our Times Are Difficult And Perplexing, So Are They Challenging And Filled With Opportunity.

Whenever Men Take The Law Into Their Own Hands, The Loser Is The Law. And When The Law Loses, Freedom Languishes.

Gnp Measures Neither Our Courage, Our Wisdom Neither Our Compassion. It Measures Everything Except What Makes Life Worthwhile

It Is From The Numberless Diverse Acts Of Courage And Belief That Human History Is Shaped. Each Time A Man Stands Up For An Ideal Or Acts To Improve The Lot Of Others Or Strikes Out Against Injustice, He Sends Forth A Tiny Ripple Of Hope, And Crossing Each Other From A Million Different Centers Of Energy And Daring, Those Ripples Build A Current That Can Sweep Down The Mightiest Walls Of Oppression And Resistance.