
“Margaret Sanger: On the contrary, it seems to me that it is more practical and Humane.”
One Minute News (1947), interview with British Pathé's John Parsons
One Minute News (1947), interview with British Pathé's John Parsons
“Margaret Sanger: On the contrary, it seems to me that it is more practical and Humane.”
One Minute News (1947), interview with British Pathé's John Parsons
“Those impractical dreamers are entitled to ask their critics what is so practical about war.”
UN Address (1999)
Context: For how many thousands of years now have we humans been what we insist on calling "civilized?" And yet, in total contradiction, we also persist in the savage belief that we must occasionally, at least, settle our arguments by killing one another.
While we spend much of our time and a great deal of our treasure in preparing for war, we see no comparable effort to establish a lasting peace. Meanwhile, emphasizing the sloth in this regard, those advocates who work for world peace by urging a system of world government are called impractical dreamers. Those impractical dreamers are entitled to ask their critics what is so practical about war.
One Minute News (1947), interview with British Pathé's John Parsons
As quoted in A Balance of Power (1986) by James Prior, p. 107.
“Intellect is neither practical nor impractical; it is extra-practical.”
Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1974), p. 30