In The Long Course Of History, Having

During A Single Week Of July 1967, 164 Americans Were Killed And 2100 Were Wounded In City Riots In The United States. We Are Truly Fighting A Two-front War And Doing Badly In Both. Each War Feeds On The Other And, Although The President Assures Us That We Have The Resources To Win Both Wars, In Fact We Are Not Winning Either.

Once Imbued With The Idea Of A Mission, A Great Nation Easily Assumes That It Has The Means As Well As The Duty To Do God's Work.

To Criticize One's Country Is To Do It A Service.... Criticism, In Short, Is More Than A Right; It Is An Act Of Patriotism-a Higher Form Of Patriotism, I Believe, Than The Familiar Rituals And National Adulation.

Power Tends To Confuse Itself With Virtue, And A Great Nation Is Peculiarly Susceptible To The Idea That Its Power Is A Sign Of God's Favor.

The Biggest Lesson I Learned From Vietnam Is Not To Trust [our Own] Government Statements.