“America is dealing death, not only to people of other lands, but to its own people. So say the most thoughtful and passionate of our youth, from California to Connecticut.”

— Charles A. Reich, book The Greening of America

Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter I : The Coming American Revolution, p. 3, opening lines

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