The Temper of Our Time (1967)
Context: The attitude of the intellectual community toward America is shaped not by the creative few but by the many who for one reason or another cannot transmute their dissatisfaction into a creative impulse, and cannot acquire a sense of uniqueness and of growth by developing and expressing their capacities and talents. There is nothing in contemporary America that can cure or alleviate their chronic frustration. They want power, lordship, and opportunities for imposing action. Even if we should banish poverty from the land, lift up the Negro to true equality, withdraw from Vietnam, and give half of the national income as foreign aid, they will still see America as an air-conditioned nightmare unfit for them to live in.
Source: Animal Gospel: Christian Faith as if Animals Mattered (1998), p. 39
The Washington Times. August 9, 1922. pg. 5. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1922-08-09/ed-1/seq-5/
Source: Steps to an Ecology of Mind (1972), p. 494
Source: Attributed in posthumous publications, Einstein and the Poet (1983), p. 89
Context: The God Spinoza revered is my God, too: I meet Him everyday in the harmonious laws which govern the universe. My religion is cosmic, and my God is too universal to concern himself with the intentions of every human being. I do not accept a religion of fear; My God will not hold me responsible for the actions that necessity imposes. My God speaks to me through laws.
“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”
“"Free trade" is a policy imposed on the weakest and evaded by the most powerful.”
Source: Another World Is Possible : Globalization and Anti-capitalism (2002), Chapter 2, Globalization - It's Not About Free Trade, p. 33
“Virtue has great power, but not if it is imposed – only when it is chosen.”
The Washington Post, , quoted in * 2003-07-08 Cal Thomas Theological dictators Townhall.com 2019-09-06 https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2003/07/08/theological-dictators-n752580
