Cannot Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' be subject to transposition: the evil of banality?
No matter what the issues are, it has to be handled at the grassroots. When you take part in something, even though that movement may lose, the juices start flowing and you feel you count. You count. Well, that's pretty important.
If there is knowledge, it lies in the fusion of the book and the street.
I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.
You can work next to a guy for months without even knowing his name.
If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.