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Citizenship Is A Tough Occupation Which Obliges The Citizen To Make His Own Informed Opinion And Stand By It.

Why Do People Talk Of The Horrors Of Old Age? It's Great. I Feel Like A Fine Old Car With The Parts Gradually Wearing Out, But I'm Not Complaining,... Those Who Find Growing Old Terrible Are People Who Haven't Done What They Wanted With Their Lives.

America Has Made No Reparation To The Vietnamese, Nothing. We Are The Richest People In The World And They Are Among The Poorest. We Savaged Them, Though They Had Never Hurt Us, And We Cannot Find It In Our Hearts, Our Honor, To Give Them Help-because The Government Of Vietnam Is Communist. And Perhaps Because They Won.

In The Last Camp They All Ate Grass, Until The Authorities Forbade Them To Pull It Up. They Were Accustomed To Having The Fruits Of Their Little Communal Gardens Stolen By The Guards, After They Had Done All The Work; But At The Last Camp Everything Was Stolen.

Americans Did Not Acquire Their Fear Neurosis As The Result Of A Traumatic Experience - War Devasting Their Country, Pestilence Sweeping The Land, Famine Wiping Out Helpless Millions. Americans Had To Be Taught To Hate And Fear An Unseen Enemy. The Teachers Were Men In Official Positions, In Government, Men Whom Americans Normally Trust Without Question.