But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this date on blackboards again and again, and asked the children to memorize it with pride and joy: 1492. The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them.

We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.

Do you think Arabs are dumb? They gave us our numbers. Try doing long division with Roman numerals.

Just in the nick of time they realized that it was their own habitat they were wrecking -- that they weren't merely visitors.

It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love.

The hopes and fears of all our years are here with us tonight.

Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.