In A Democracy, Dissent Is An Act

During A Single Week Of July 1967, 164 Americans Were Killed And 2100 Were Wounded In City Riots In The United States. We Are Truly Fighting A Two-front War And Doing Badly In Both. Each War Feeds On The Other And, Although The President Assures Us That We Have The Resources To Win Both Wars, In Fact We Are Not Winning Either.

Well, We Have The Leverage In The Sense That We Supply All The Wherewithal...or A Major Part Of The Wherewithal To Finance Or To Pay For Everything Israel Does. We Don't Have Any Leverage In The Sense That Israel Controls The Senate. The Senate Is At Least...a Subservient, In My Opinion, Much Too Much. We Should Be More Concerned About The United States' Interest, Rather Than Doing The Bidding Of Israel. This Is A Most Unusual Development.

In The Long Course Of History, Having People Who Understand Your Thought Is Much Greater Security Than Another Submarine.

A Nation's Budget Is Full Of Moral Implications; It Tells What A Society Cares About And What It Does Not Care About; It Tells What Its Values Are.

It Is In A Way A Mystery That, Instead Of Demanding That Their Governments Give Primary Attention To Their Own Needs And Aspirations, Most Of The Citizens Of Big Counties-those, That Is, That Have The Status Of Being "powers" In The World-far From Being Self-centered Or Materialistic As They Are Commonly Credited With Being, The Ordinary Citizen And His Elected Representative All Too Often Turn Out To Be Romantics, Ready And Eager To Sacrifice Programs Of Health, Education And Welfare For The Power And Pride Of The Nation.