I was in film before I was on stage. I started acting when I was like 12. But, no, I think my mother indoctrinated me very early.
The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.
A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.
Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself.
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States. There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful. . . . They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.
The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.
This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy.
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
Friendship is like love at its best; not blind but sympathetically all-seeing; a support which does not wait for understanding; an act of faith which does not need, but always has, reason.
But I think what happened was that Clinton knew how to fight back. And the way he fought back was on the issues - being tough in staying on the things that mattered to people in their lives.
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.