Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.
Norman ThomasDissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search for truth in a world wherein no authority is infallible.
Norman ThomasThe very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and hate in the world.
Norman ThomasThe secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.
Norman ThomasThere are some plain common-sense considerations applicable to all these attempts at world planning. They can be briefly stated: 1. To talk of blueprints for the future or building a world order is, if properly understood, suggestive, but it is also dangerous. Societies grow far more truly than they are built. A constitution for a new world order is never like a blueprint for a skyscraper.
Norman Thomas