...when men ignite in their hearts a religious fury, they inflict at the same time a blindness on their eyes.
James A. MichenerOn 24 October 1944 Planet Earth was following its orbit about the sun as it has obediently done for nearly five billion years.
James A. MichenerA group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.
James A. MichenerI kept careful record of the impact of religion on the election in my county. The religious issue permeated every meeting I conducted. It influenced Republicans and Democrats alike. Ministers preached politics publicly and churches distributed the most vicious electioneering materials. Practically no one I met escaped the pressure of this overriding problem and both parties were ultimately forced to make their major calculations with the religious question a foremost consideration.
James A. Michener