Roger Nash Baldwin famous quotes

I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.
-- Roger Nash Baldwin

#Class #Goal #Wealth

I always felt from the beginning that you had to defend people you disliked and feared as well as those you admired.
-- Roger Nash Baldwin

#People #Justice #Wells

I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred.
-- Roger Nash Baldwin

#Self #Practice #Denial

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.
-- Roger Nash Baldwin

#War #Thinking #Law

I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people.
-- Roger Nash Baldwin

#Helping Others #Years #Unitarian Church

The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, a traumatic shock to me, ended any ambivalence I had about the Soviet Union, and all cooperation with Communists in united fronts.
-- Roger Nash Baldwin

#Unions #United Front #Cooperation

I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching.
-- Roger Nash Baldwin

#Christian #Teaching #Liberty

I met a keen observer who gave me a tip: 'If you run across a restaurant where you often see priests eating with priests, or sporting girls with sporting girls, you may be confident that it is good. Those are two classes of people who like to eat well and get their money's worth.'

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.

I don't care who scores the goals, I'm going to leave my human beingness on the field!

No I or individual is better than the team. I've scored no goals just on my own. Every goal I've ever scored has been because of someone else on my team, their excellence, their bravery. And I'm kind of the end product of a collection of a really good vibe, and feeling, and creativity on the field.

This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins''.

The goal of a great democracy should be fulfillment, not ease. It should be adequacy, not serenity.

We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals.

Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.

Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.

Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love?